Vayasse, Jean (1917-1975) was born in Le Mans, France (1). In his ordinary life Jean Vaysse participated during the 1950s et '60s in the great discoveries of modern surgery: renal grafts, cardiopulmonary bypasses, and surgery for arterial hypertension. (2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11255978
"His quest to understand the meaning of life brought him in 1947 to an encounter with the teaching of Gurdjieff. Working in the groups in Paris and later helping to lead them through the 1960s, Jean Vaysse felt the time had come to express Gurdjieff's written teaching in a more coherent and logical way in order to bring it within the range of the average educated reader." (1) "Jean Vaysse was a long time pupil of Jeanne de Salzmann." (3) http://gurdjieff.org.au/resources.html
"Working in the groups in Paris and later helping to lead them through the 1960s, Jean Vaysse felt the time had come to express Gurdjieff's written teaching in a more coherent and logical way in order to bring it within the range of the average educated reader." (1) He wrote "Toward Awakening: An Approach to the Teaching Left by Gurdjieff."
Jean Vaysse helped produce the film documentary:
Georges Gurdjieff
A Documentary Film
Produced by Jean-Claude Lubtchansky
(4) http://www.gurdjieff.org/lubtchansky1.htm
Jean Vaysse is best known for his book,
Toward Awakening: An Approach to the Teaching Left by Gurdjieff (1979) San Francisco: Harper & Row, ISBN 1-85063-115-8
Very little has been written about Jean Vaysse outside of his medical accomplishments and brief mentions of him in conversations of the Fourth Way.
References:
(1) Toward Awakening: An Approach to the Teaching Brought by Gurdjieff by Jean Vaysse (Hardcover - Mar. 17, 2009) ISBN: 978 1 59675 030 2 , page 159
(2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11255978
(3) http://gurdjieff.org.au/resources.html
(4) http://www.gurdjieff.org/lubtchansky1.htm
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