Here Fritz claims I wouldn’t get from Mrs. Annie Lou Stavely the story of his ejection from her Gurdjieffian farm in Oregon, but he doesn’t tell me the lurid details either, another “closed-mouth” Gurdjieffian himself. But luckily I got the story in all its colorful details from my pal, Betty Deran. – Edward Field

Fritz’s cranky tone was always refreshing, including his slamming all the spiritual “seekers” and especially Gurdjieffian groups. Gurdjieff believed in the usefulness of people like Fritz as the “irritant” that would jolt his disciples out of their set, unthinking ways. – Edward Field

When I started searching for Fritz Peters’ life, I was frustrated time and again, as in these two notes from his old friend, fellow Gurdjieffian, and former lover. Then, miraculously, before she died, she sent me an envelope of photos and manuscripts that Fritz had left behind when she kicked him off her farm. – Edward Field

I hit pay dirt in my quest when I wrote to the porn writer Samuel Steward, with his graphic report of a sexual episode. – Edward Field

Paul Cadmus filled in more of the blanks, especially about Fritz’s love affair with painter Lloyd Lozes Goff. – Edward Field

Betty Deran, who got to know Fritz on Mrs. Staveley’s farm in Oregon, also filled in some blanks, especially Fritz’s delusion that now that he was in residence, he and not Mrs. Stavely was the leader of the Gurdjieffian colony. – Edward Field