Maurice Nicoll

• Traces the life of Maurice Nicoll, who left a successful career as a psychiatrist in 1922 to study with G.I. Gurdjieff and P.D. Ouspensky

• Explores newly uncovered diaries from Nicoll, revealing his mystical sex practices, his shadow self, and new understandings of his unorthodox teachings

• Examines the influence of psychiatrist Carl Jung and Swedish scientist and philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg ...