Recognizing A True Fourth Way School

The Fourth Way Over the past decade there has been a growing interest in the paranormal, and due to such, we have also witnessed a resurgence in Fourth Way literature. Long before I was introduced to the Necronomicon, or divination in general, I was introduced to the teachings of urd!ieff by a Fourth Way initiate over a decade ago. I thought it would be good to gloss over some of the Fourth Way principles that I learned during my studies. I would also li"e to add that one reason why I feel this is necessary at this time is due to a growing amount of misinformation that I see circulating across the internet about the Fourth Way. #ome people who have never even been initiated into Fourth Way studies are now claiming to be a $master% of a Fourth Way school. here are a few points to consider when searching for Fourth Way Teachings. 1) It is Not Easy Finding and Authentic Fourth Way School.

&uthentic Fourth Way #chools do not put a lot into advertising and very rarely will you see the sub!ect discussed by Initiates of the system all across the internet. 'owever, you will see readers of Fourth Way material all over the internet, but we should "now that there is a big difference between the Initiate and a reader of urd!ieff material. Fourth Way Initiate &nthony (la"e mentions the following in this online article http)**www.duversity.org*+,F*No.-./.0-./12-./(3NN3TT-./&N, -./,& LIN WO2T'.pdf The Fourth Way is not an ex ression o! any articular tradition " e.g. it is not #ust a art o! Na$sh%andi Su!is& " nor is it so&e eclectic a&alga&ation !ro& se'eral traditions. There is a directness o! connection (ith the Source (hich %y asses the esta%lished chains o! trans&ission (hile) at the sa&e ti&e) %eing a%le to ta into these. *The transition is &ade ossi%le %y a teacher o erating on a certain le'el. Without the teacher) the situation could not %e sustained. The Fourth Way is redo&inantly a co+o erati'e e!!ort) %ut the reality o! the co+o eration or synergy has to %e entrusted to the teacher., -) Focusing on Reading .ore that the Wor/. &nother uni4ue feature of an authentic Fourth Way #chool is that it focusses on the wor", not what is read in boo"s. In all actuality when one is first introduced into an authentic Fourth Way #chool it is not uncommon for the student to be told to stop reading material written about urd!ieff and others, as it may deter one5s growth. This how one can identify an authentic Fourth Way Initiate. you will find little information in this regard. It is almost li"e an oral tradition, but I was able to catch a slight reference to this on the following lin" http)**www.gurd!ieff6heritage6society.org*e7cerptsboo".htm) 0o(e'er) it (as o!ten the .o'e&ents that attracted Westerners to the Wor/ and &any o! these gained understanding) and o!ten had ro!ound ex eriences !ro& (or/ing (ith .o'e&ents long %e!ore they learned o! the Ideas, through 'er%al ex ositions. Nota%ly &y &other) 1ess&in 0o(arth) and her !riend and colleague) 1eanne de Salz&ann) %oth o! (ho& a%andoned success!ul dance and teaching careers a!ter %eing ex osed to .o'e&ents) to de'ote their li'es to 2urd#ie!!3s Syste&,4 %e!ore reading any %oo/s) hearing any lectures or grou discussions. They continued acti'ely instructing and reser'ing the Wor/) es ecially the .o'e&ents) until their res ecti'e deaths at the ages o! ninety+t(o and one hundred and one., The principal about all of this is that the urd!ieff material is sometimes written in wherein the terms may mean one thing to the layman, but something entirely different to those in the wor". Nothing can be gained by the study of conclusions, and this is why wor"ers of the Fourth Way do not really discuss $boo" information% to those beginning on the path because it is not useful. 5) No Fourth Way Teacher Will E'er 6all 0i&sel! A .aster,

It is important we are taught Fourth Way methods by a capable teacher. This teacher must be an initiate of the Fourth Way, not someone who !ust read a few boo"s and can toss ideas around. urd!ieff indicated that there are fa"e schools where the teacher either)

1ay be genuinely mista"en and thin" that he "nows something, when in reality he "nows nothing. 1ay believe another man, who in his turn may be mista"en. 1ay deceive consciously.

Ouspens"y 4uotes urd!ieff saying that these teachers lead nowhere, e7cept ma"ing the students believe that they are going somewhere. 'e also added that $It is impossible to recogni8e a wrong way without "nowing the right way. This means that it is no use troubling oneself how to recogni8e a wrong way. One must thin" of how to find the right way.%

Fourth Way Teacher 7enounces The 6ult o! 6thulhu 8hiloso hy 1any who are familiar with the 9ult of 9thulhu5s philosophy of addressing the beloved leader of the cult as $master% or the $I am the way,% will notice that these practices has nothing at all to do with Fourth Way teachings. When we compare the two videos see below this is clearly evident. &lthough, 'igh +riest :enger #antanis promotes the 9o9 as if it is a Fourth Way #chool while demanding that all members of the 9o9 address him as $master.% The first video that appears below is conducted by ;ames ;. Trait8, someone who is highly educated in Fourth Way philosophy. The ne7t video is $1aster% :enger #atanis. Notice the differences of approach and how the 9o95s teachings are not Fourth Way Teachings

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