Gurdjieff and Esoteric Christianity

This session offers an introduction to the Fourth Way teachings of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff as a form of esoteric Christianity. It explores the relationship between Gurdjieff’s system and the original, inner teachings of Jesus Christ — with particular attention to consciousness, embodiment, and the practical work of inner transformation.

The session will include guided experiential elements drawn from the Work, followed by time for questions and open discussion.

Speaker bio:

Luke Behncke is an Australian writer, teacher, and practitioner of esoteric Christianity in the lineage of the Gurdjieff Work. Raised in rural Australia, with formative years spent in the outback among Indigenous communities, his early life was shaped by an encounter with land, tradition, and embodied forms of knowledge.

He holds postgraduate training in applied human physiology and biophysics, with further study in philosophy and theology. Since 2000, he has practised the traditional Gurdjieff Work in Australia and internationally. His professional background spans education, health, and government sectors, alongside international business in distributed data and compute infrastructure for AI systems.

An ordained minister (NACM), his work seeks to recover the esoteric core of the teachings of Jesus Christ — understood as a path of conscious transformation grounded in disciplined inner work.

He is the author of "Gurdjieff’s Christianity: The Fourth Way’s Prehistoric Teachings of Christ" and writes at https://www.faithmadeflesh.com/.