A compilation of letters, articles and essays that first appeared in various publications, this book first appeared in 2007. Since then it has become evident that a second edition is necessary both because of changes in the object of discussion -- practical application of the Fourth Way system of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky greatly enriched by the teachings of Robert Burton -- and because of the continued maturation of the author Rolando Altamirano. In the Introduction Rolando explains: "A School of Fourth Way is a living organism, and as such it is constantly growing, developing and changing; and most of all, it moves at an increasing speed." This book mirrors that movement.

"Once upon a time in one's life one remembers that above and beyond human beings there exist invisible beings of a higher nature, or higher Forces, whose task is to cultivate a number of individuals for a specific purpose." So begins the Introduction to one of the most extraordinary books to appear in recent memory. Rolando Altamirano's first publication, this book documents what it means to receive an esoteric teaching directly and personally from its conscious source, not second hand, not from books like this one, but directly.