Sherborne House

Thoughts about Gurdjieff’s Mentation

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Gurdjieff uses the word “mentation” when referring to what he calls the intellectual or thinking center in man. When it comes to intellect, I’ve always had a bit of an inferiority complex. My sister was the brainy one, I had to struggle for my A’s in school. My relationship with the thinking center started early-on … Read more

Mrs. Popoff, J.G. Bennett and the Practice of Ablutions

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The practice of Ablutions

Mrs. Popoff introduced me to the practice of morning ablutions sometime around 1971. Living weekends at her home in Long Island, I worked to earn money towards the second Basic Course at Sherborne House in England and attended group meetings Monday evenings. Tuesday mornings I returned to school in New Jersey. Jack, my boyfriend, lived … Read more

Memoir Excerpt

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Author Roberta Chromey

Roberta Chromey attended the Second Basic Course at Sherborne House in England led by scientist and philosopher, J. G. Bennett, from September 1972 to August, 1973. She and her husband, Jack, have lived at or near the Claymont Society in Charles Town, West Virginia, since 1976. A life-long practitioner of the Fourth Way, Roberta has … Read more

An interview by the Rev. Georgia DuBose

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Roberta at Sherborne

SEARCHING FOR REALITY: Roberta Chromey Writes a Memoir of Life in a Fourth Way School An interview by the Rev. Georgia DuBose She always knew she was on a search. It wasn’t for “the meaning of Life,” nor was it to understand “why there is life on earth.” Roberta Chromey was seeking genuine interactions with … Read more