Charles Stanley Nott (1887–1978) was an author, publisher, translator and a student of

G. I. Gurdjieff George Ivanovich Gurdjieff ( – 29 October 1949) was a philosopher, mystic, spiritual teacher, composer, and movements teacher. Born in the Russian Empire, he briefly became a citizen of the First Republic of Armenia after its formation in 19 ...

. He first met Gurdjieff and A. R. Orage in New York in 1923. He spent time at the

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and became a close student of Gurdjieff. He helped with the publication and distribution of Gurdjieff's first published book '' The Herald of Coming Good''. He wrote two books on his life and experience with Gurdjieff, Orage, and P. D. Ouspensky.

Early life

Nott was born in

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, and grew up in a

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village.

Publishing

Nott had a publishing business in London until the outbreak of World War II. He helped A. R. Orage to start '' The New English Weekly'' in 1932.

Bibliography

*''The Young Churchill - A Biography'', Stanley Nott, 1941, Coward-McCann, Inc. Publishers, New York *''Teachings of Gurdjieff - A Pupil's Journal'', C. S. Nott, 1961, Published by Penguin Arkana, 1990, *''Further Teachings of Gurdjieff - Journey Through This World'' - Including Account of Meetings with G I Gurdjieff, A R Orage and P D Ouspensky, C. S. Nott,

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, 1969, (cloth), (paper) *''

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- Mantiq Ut-Tair'',

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, English Translation by C. S. Nott, First published 1954 by The Janus Press, London, Reissued by Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, 1961,

References

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