Sophia Wellbeloved

Sophia Wellbeloved was born in Dublin, Ireland,[1] and is a historian of Western Esotericism, with special reference to 1920s and 1930s Paris, focusing on the life and writings of G. I. Gurdjieff (1866? – 1949).

Education

She received her education at Newtown Quaker School, Ireland, 1951-55[citation needed]; Beechlawn Tutorial College, Oxford, 1955-56[citation needed]; Ruskin School of Art, Oxford, 1955-56[citation needed]; Saint Martin's School of Art, London, 1956-60[citation needed]; Central School of Art and Design, London, 1961[citation needed]; King's College, London, Ph.D. 1996–99.[2] She has identified her tutors and influences as Cecil Collins, 1960-61[citation needed]; Henriette Lannes, Maurice Deselle, Henri Tracol, and others in the Gurdjieff Society, London, 1962–75; the Rev. Donald Reeves and the Anglican community at St. James Church, Piccadilly, 1984-2004[citation needed].

Awarded a PhD at King's College, London in 1999.

Work

From 1984 to 1991, she worked as a part-time tutor teaching sculpture at Central Saint Martins.[citation needed]

Exhibitions (1980–92): Royal Festival Hall, Bath Festival, Henley Festival, Royal Institute of British Architects; Domenga Gallery, Basle, Switzerland, and at Art Fairs in Basle, London, and Los Angeles.[citation needed]

Wellbeloved was a member of the Gurdjieff Society in London between 1962 and 1975.[3][4]

Wellbeloved is the author of research papers and books relating to Gurdjieff, these include Gurdjieff, Astrology & Beelzebub’s Tales (Solar Bound, 2002) and Gurdjieff: The Key Concepts (Routledge, 2003). George Adams reviewing Gurdjieff: The Key Concepts suggests that "given the generally unsystematic and occasionally chaotic nature of Gurdjieff's teachings, Wellbeloved's book serves as a very useful introduction to Gurdjieff, offering an orienting structure that is not found in Gurdjieff's published works."[5]

She was the Director of Lighthouse Editions, 2005 – 2012, which published books related to Gurdjieff, and a co-founder in 2006 of the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Esotericism.[6][7]

Works

  • Gurdjieff, Astrology & Beelzeub's Tales, Solar Bound, New Palz, N.Y., 2002[8]
  • Gurdjieff: The Key Concepts, Routledge, London and New York, 2003[9]
  • 48 Trojan Herrings & Tripidium, Waterloo Press, Hove, 2008[10]
  • Praying for Flow, Waterloo Press, Hove, 2011[11]

References

  1. ^ "Sophia Wellbeloved". Waterloo Press. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Category:Alumni of King's College London - Wikipedia".
  3. ^ Author's own admission in "Gurdjieff: Key Concepts," Acknowledgements section | Routledge Press, 2003, ISBN 0-415-24897-3
  4. ^ "Sophia Wellbeloved". Gurdjieff Today. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  5. ^ Adams, George (2004). Wellbeloved, Sophia (ed.). "Review of Gurdjieff: The Key Concepts by Sophia Wellbeloved". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 7 (3): 101–102. doi:10.1525/nr.2004.7.3.101. ISSN 1092-6690. JSTOR 10.1525/nr.2004.7.3.101.
  6. ^ "Sophia Wellbeloved's Academic Research Page". 23 July 2011.
  7. ^ "About: Contact & Welcome to CCWE". Cambridge Centre for the study of Western Esotericism. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  8. ^ Wellbeloved, Sophia (2002). Gurdjieff, Astrology & Beelzebub's Tales. New Paltz, NY: Solar Bound Press. ISBN 978-0-9722087-5-8. OCLC 778069796.
  9. ^ Wellbeloved, Sophia (2013). Gurdjieff: The Key Concepts. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-38985-0. OCLC 7385555788.
  10. ^ Wellbeloved, Sophia (2009). 48 Trojan Herrings & Tripidium. Hove: Waterloo Press. OCLC 1301784423.
  11. ^ Wellbeloved, Sophia (2011). Praying for Flow. Hove: Waterloo Press. ISBN 978-1-906742-29-4. OCLC 794810319.