Sarmoung Brotherhood

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The term Sarmoung Brotherhood contains the Armenian pronunciation of the Persian term 'Sarman', which may mean either 'he who preserves the doctrine of Zoroaster', or 'bee'. The Commagene King Antiochus I Theos Epiphanes seems to have been connected to the Brotherhood, and may even have been (as Adrian Gilbert suggests) its leader. The Brotherhood was an esoteric group sought by Georges Gurdjieff on his journeys through Southwest and Central Asia. His experiences on these journeys, and a sketchy account of his somewhat mysterious relationship with the Sarmoung Brotherhood, can be found in his autobiography Meetings with Remarkable Men. Gurdjieff's attempts to establish a link between the Brotherhood, ancient Mesopotamia, and even "pre-sand Egypt", was an intriguing attempt at acquiring esoteric knowledge that had been passed down from antiquity.