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In Search of the Miraculous

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In Search of the Miraculous: Fragments of an Unknown Teaching is a 1949 book by Russian philosopher P. D. Ouspensky which recounts his meeting and subsequent association with George Gurdjieff.

From the Wikipedia article In Search of the Miraculous, revision 1350420439, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q13582410: “book by P.D. Oespenski”.

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In the chronology, in P. D. Ouspensky's account.

Probably the clearest systematic account of Gurdjieff's early teaching.