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"Together we produce ‘Work Energy’ that is preserved in the group. Not dependent on individual people, it forms the ‘blood’ for a Kesdjan body—the essence—of Camp Caravan, produced over many years.

—Stella Lackore, Seminar Attendee, Art Teacher and Therapist, Student of Michel de Salzmann

Camp Caravan offers links to groups, organizations, programs, and publications influenced by contact and connection with the Fourth Way. There is a large body of related content beyond what is listed here, but available through searching the web. 

For links to publications and articles by group members and friends, visit the Writings page to get started.

Do you recommend a resource that is not yet included here?  Please send suggestions at registrar@campcaravan.org

Groups and organizations

This list is a small sampling only. Please note that there may be additional Work groups located near you. Contact us at registrar@campcaravan.org to request assistance. 

Publication

View additional writings by Camp Caravan members and friends at the Writings page.

Books

Some may be out of print, but used copies are often available. This is a fraction of what is available. Some books may be out of print but used copies can be located. Many of these are in the Camp Caravan library.

G.I. Gurdjieff

  • Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson: An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man
  • Meetings with Remarkable Men
  • Life is Real Only Then, When “I Am”
  • The Herald of Coming Good

J.G. Bennett (partial list)

  • The Dramatic Universe
  • Deeper Man
  • Energies: Material, Vital, Cosmic
    Is Their Life on Earth?
    Transformation
  • Transformation of Man Series
  • Sunday Talks
  • A Spiritual Psychology
  • The Way to be Free

P.D. Ouspensky (partial list)

  • In Search of the Miraculous
  • Conscience
  • The Fourth Way

More authors (partial list)

  • Jeanne de Salzmann
  • Ravi Ravindra
  • Irmis Popoff
  • Maurice Nicoll
  • C.S. Nott
  • Elizabeth Bennett
  • Kathryn Hulme
  • Willem Nyland
  • A.R. Orage
  • Rodney Collin

Authors of recent publications

  • Joseph Azize
  • Keith Buzzell
  • Fran Shaw

Autobiographies

Earlier works

  • Witness, by J.G. Bennett
  • Gurdjieff: his work, on myself, with others, for the work, by Irmis Popoff
  • Our Life with Mr. Gurdjieff, by Thomas de Hartmann
  • Undiscovered Country, by Kathryn Hulme
  • Boyhood with Gurdjieff, by Fritz Peters

 More recent publications

  • Blessed by Mysterious Grace, by Ravi Ravindra
  • Heart without Measure, by Ravi Ravindra
  • I Teach How to Cook, by Ben Bennett
  • On a Spaceship with Beelzebub,  by David Kherdian
  • Real People, A memoir by Roberta J. Chromey
  • Into the Distance, by George Bennett

Periodicals, articles, and papers

Film, video, and audio

  • Extensive library of talks by J.G. Bennett—(https://www.jgbennett.org/)
  • Meetings with Remarkable Men, a film directed by Peter Brook
  • The Nun’s Story, a film directed by Fred Zinneman
  • William Segal: Seeing, Searching, Being, a film by Ken Burns 2002

Art, literature, poetry, and instructional books

View the Writings link to access articles by Camp Caravan group members and friends.

  • Elda Cerrato, artist
  • Flowers of Emptiness: Imaginal Haiku, by Avrom Altman
  • A Child of the Sun, by Pierce Butler
  • The Garden Party, by Katherine Mansfield
  • Flowers of Emptiness, a book of Haiku by Avrom Altman
  • Mount Analogue, by Rene Daumal
  • Fine art and illustration by Nonny Hogrogian
  • Extensive titles for poetry, prose, and memoir by David Kherdian 
  • Zen Camera; Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography, by David Ulrich
  • Off-grid and Wilderness Survival Book for Kids, by John Willard   
  • Bonsai Basics:  No Complications, No Guesswork, by John Willard
  • Octave of Prayer, by photographer Minor White
  • Listen to an NPR segment about Minor White from Sept. 11, 2014 here 
  • A Testament, by Frank Lloyd Wright

MUSIC

Musical recordings

  • G. I. Gurdjieff and Thomas de Hartmann co-composed a significant body of music in the mid-1920s, blending Eastern folk and liturgical traditions with Western composition techniques
  • A four‑volume piano anthology was published by Schott between 1996 and 2005, accompanied by recordings on Wergo (1997–2001) performed by pianists Linda Daniel‑Spitz, Charles Ketcham, and Laurence Rosenthal.
  • Earlier recordings, including those by Thomas de Hartmann himself, appeared on Triangle Records (1989, 3‑CD reissue).

Performers and projects

  • The Thomas de Hartmann Project produces extensive recordings and performances. Joshua Bell performed the DeHartmann violin concerto on the world stage in 2025. 
  • Elan Sicroff is a prominent interpreter; trained by Olga de Hartmann, he has toured extensively and championed Gurdjieff–de Hartmann music and de Hartmann’s broader catalog through the Thomas de Hartmann Project. He recorded the complete Gurdjieff Movements music repertoire in 2025 to be released in 2026. 
  • Keith Jarrett helped popularize the repertoire with a solo piano album “G.I. Gurdjieff: Sacred Hymns” released by ECM in 1980
  • Other noted performers include Laurence Rosenthal, Cecil Lytle, Helen Perkin, and Alessandra Celleti.

Ensembles

  • The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble, founded and directed by Levon Eskenian, performs authentic arrangements of Gurdjieff’s music using traditional instruments of Armenia and the Middle East.
  • Modern adaptation of the repertoire, including a guitar reinterpretation of Gurdjieff/de Hartmann pieces by Mittino and Lams.