Sophia Wellbeloved was born in Dublin, Ireland,[1] and is a historian of Western Esotericism, with special reference to 1920s and 1930s Paris, focusing on the life and writings of G. I. Gurdjieff (1866?
[2] She has identified her tutors and influences as Cecil Collins, 1960-61[citation needed]; Henriette Lannes, Maurice Deselle, Henri Tracol, and others in the Gurdjieff Society, London, 1962–75; the Rev.
Donald Reeves and the Anglican community at St. James Church, Piccadilly, 1984-2004[citation needed].
From 1984 to 1991, she worked as a part-time tutor teaching sculpture at Central Saint Martins.
"[5] She was the Director of Lighthouse Editions, 2005 – 2012, which published books related to Gurdjieff, and a co-founder in 2006 of the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Esotericism.