title: Struggle of the Magicians: Exploring the Teacher Student Relationship
author: William Patrick Patterson
description: A lucid and compelling account of conflict and charlatanism surrounding one of the most important alternative spiritual movements. -- <i>Robert S. Ellwood, Chairman, School of Religion, University of Southern California</i><br /><br />Quite remarkable. I have read it with great pleasure. -- <i>Colin Wilson, author, From Atlantis to the Sphinx</i><br /><br />[D]eals with esoteric teachings in a modern context. [Raises] universal questions about the nature and transmission of spiritual truth. -- <i>Publishers Weekly</i>
zlib_text: Exploring The Teacher - Student Relationship
  Struggle
  OF THE
  Magicians
  Why Ouspensky Left Gurdjieff
  William Patrick Patterson
  Edited by Barbara C. Allen
  Arete Communications, Publishers 
  Fairfax, California
  
  Struggle of the Magicians 
  © 1996 by William Patrick Patterson 
  All riglrirs reserved
  Design by Wordplay Consulting, Berkeley, CA
  [.ibrary of Congress Catalog Number is 95-077240 
  Patterson, William Patrick
  Struggle of the Magicians: Why Uspenskii Lefi Gurdjiejf 
  Bibliography; Includes index
  1. Spiritual Teacher-Student Relationship.
  2. Gurdjiefh and His Mission.
  3. Uspenskii, Orage, Bennett.
  First softcover printing 1996 
  ISBN; 1-879514-80-X
  Printed on Acid-Free Paper.
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  of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984
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