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382: Theosophy pt. 5 - Gurdjieff and the Shearing of Sheep (Teaser)
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- The Empire Never Ended
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- Jun 24, 2026
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- 429
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Summary
George Gurdjieff was never formally a theosophist, but his "doctrine" contained a very similar backstory, and many of his followers were former theosophists. Gurdjieff was a practice-oriented despotic cult leader, whose follwers believed him to be one of the Masters of the Great White Brotherhood described by Helena Blavatsky.