How Long to Read Gurdjieff's Emissary in New York

How Long Does it Take to Read Gurdjieff's Emissary in New York?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 44 minutes to read Gurdjieff's Emissary in New York by A. R. Orage

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Alfred Richard Orage (1873-1934), whom G. B. Shaw declared the most brilliant editor of the past century, suddenly laid down his pencil in 1922 and sold his famous journal The New Age to work with the mystic G. Gurdjieff in France. Orage hoped that with Gurdjieff's help, he could come to a more fundamental understanding of the human species. For Orage, modern man had come to the end of his tether, and without the development of new faculties, he was convinced that the problems that pile up in front of mankind would not be solvable, and even the very will to live must decline. Gurdjieff claimed to have found a way to develop new and higher faculties, and to have been trained in the necessary methods and knowledge which had its sources in the hidden wisdom of the East. Orage worked intensively for more than a year with Gurdjieff in his Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man, and it seems that he had found what he was seeking. Gurdjieff, on the other hand, found in Orage someone whom he considered a brother in spirit. A spirit that was defined by Orage some years before as: ." . . displaying itself in disinterested interest in things; in things, that is to say, of no personal advantage, but only of general, public or universal importance." When Gurdjieff expanded his activities into the New World, it was only consequent that Orage became his emissary there. Orage arrived in New York in December 1923 to expound Gurdjieff's ideas, and until 1931, was talking to a growing group of interested people. This book contains the notes of many of these talks. We are grateful to the notetakers and their prudence to leave their papers to the universities of Yale, Berkeley and Leeds, who guaranteed the survival of these papers in their archives. Without all this combined effort, they would otherwise be scattered all over the world, largely unknown and "upon the verge of being irrecoverably lost" as C. Daly King once wrote. Along with Orage's Commentary on "Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson," this edition completes the record of Orage's meetings, talks and lectures on Gurdjieff's teaching. Illustrated with 130 line drawings and 37 photographs

How long is Gurdjieff's Emissary in New York?

Gurdjieff's Emissary in New York by A. R. Orage is 634 pages long, and a total of 161,036 words.

This makes it 214% the length of the average book. It also has 197% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Gurdjieff's Emissary in New York Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 39 minutes to read Gurdjieff's Emissary in New York aloud.

What Reading Level is Gurdjieff's Emissary in New York?

Gurdjieff's Emissary in New York is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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