Undiscovered Country by Kathryn C. Hulme

This is a classic account of a group of women … who put their careers on hold to study privately with the spiritual teacher G. I. Gurdjieff. Known as 'the Rope,' this group included three writer/editors, a wealthy San Francisco milliner, a legendary French soprano, an actress/theatrical manager, and a prim British spinster - all famous lesbians. Hulme's lively account of their relationship with each other and to the unconventional guide who led them into an 'undiscovered country' of self-observation has long been considered one of the finest documents ever published about the enigmatic and elusive individual who was Gurdjieff.'