Upcoming Events
Regular Community Events
- Monthly Movements Classes
See the Calendar for details. - Work Weekends
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Thursday Night Inner Work – 8:00pm.
Currenty being held on Zoom.
Join us to explore the spiritual side of Gurdjieff’s work. We work collaboratively to share our experiences, our personal journeys, and to reflect on the readings and practical exercises. All are welcome, but please, contact us for details. -
Morning Meditations & Sittings 6:30am – 7:30pm.
Mondays – Fridays, Barn Community Room.
Sit with the community and be a part of our daily practice. Some mornings are guided meditations or sittings, others are on your own. Interested? Contact us!
Full Calendar
Aging as a Spiritual Practice webinar series
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Spiritual Practices While Aging From a Fourth Way and Multi-Dimensional Perspective.
with Jerry Toporvsky
Saturday talks on Zoom 2-5pm ET | $50 / session or three for $120
Contact registrar.ics4way@gmail.com for registration
May 10
May 31
June14
Balancing the Three Centers through Meditation, Movements, and the Enneagram
Lead by Deborah Rose Longo and Rob Creekmore
June 4 – 8, 2025
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Work Weekend with Lee van Laer
July 10-13, 2025
A Cosmological Sensation
When Gurdjieff wrote Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson, he mentioned the words cosmos and cosmic 750 times, give or take, in the 1140 pages of the book. Mr. Gurdjieff was, it’s clear enough, bent on reminding us that we live in a cosmos; and that we’ve lost touch with our cosmological nature. He speaks of a lost world where mankind was able to see more colors than we do now; to hear more tones than we do; to sense the emanations of the sun, moon, and planets—and even the sorrow of God Himself.
How do I live within this cosmology which Gurdjieff presents? It’s in the book, but not of the book.
Here are some of the questions we’ll explore from a practical point of view through guided meditation, discussions, and community activity.
- What are Spiritual molecules? Can one re-align one’s molecular Being? If so, how?
- How can I form an inner relationship that has enough strength to maintain a right attitude regardless of external conditions?
- I live in the disordinary: a wrongly ordered state. Yet somewhere in me is an inner voice that speaks softly, perhaps even wordlessly, through my sensation of Being. It tells me the cosmos has a right order. And I’m thirsty for that. I’m searching for it. In the midst of all this confusion, how do I say yes, and bring the good? Where is my center of gravity?
Attendees are also encouraged to bring their own questions for all of us to explore.
The weekend will be led by Lee van Laer. Lee is a long-time member of the New York Gurdjieff Foundation, a group leader, an editor at Parabola Magazine, an author, a podcaster, a musician and an artist. His website is https://zenyogagurdjieff.substack.com
Movements will also be offered as part of the weekend.
The weekend will begin with dinner at 6:30 pm on Thursday July 10 and end after lunch on Sunday July 13. All activities will be at the Great Barn.
Suggested donation for the weekend is $350 if you are staying overnight at Claymont, and $210 if you are not staying overnight at Claymont. However, do not let the cost prevent you from participating, financial assistance is available.
For more information and to register please contact, the registrar, Amy Silver at Claymontgathering@hotmail.com.
Click for: APPLICATION | PROSPECTUS
The Claymont Society is offering a 15 week Course of Study in The Fourth Way tradition. This is open to anyone who feels a need and wish to go deeper in their spiritual search and practice.
The Course will be conducted both in person and online. It will focus on the teachings and practices of G. I. Gurdjieff and J.G. Bennett, offered by people who studied with Bennett at Sherborne, with Pierre Elliot at Claymont, as well as other prominent spiritual teachers.
This will begin with an on-site program August 2nd-10th and conclude with a second on-site program November 9th-16th with regular on-line group activities in between.