“The Troubled Spirit of Tintern Abbey” is an interesting story from Lord Halifax’s Ghost Book (1936, pp. 201-204), chiefly because it relates to Purgatory and the effectiveness of Masses for […]
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“The Troubled Spirit of Tintern Abbey” is an interesting story from Lord Halifax’s Ghost Book (1936, pp. 201-204), chiefly because it relates to Purgatory and the effectiveness of Masses for […]
Read moreThe exchanges of Saturday 8 March 1985 were remarkable. They could all be published. I suppose it goes to show that “like seeks like”, and that “deep calls to deep”, […]
Read moreThese two questions and answers come from the lunch exchange of Saturday 8 March 1985. I have already posted Mr Adie’s address for the day, and the first question and […]
Read moreThis is from a Saturday Weekend Work of 8 March 1985. It assumes a knowledge of some of Gurdjieff’s simpler terminology, such as “moving centre”. I set out below Mr […]
Read moreSublime, poignant, elegiac: that is “I Should Have Sent Roses” from The Union, by Elton John and Leon Russell. In Gurdjieff-influenced terms, I would say that the person who wrote […]
Read moreThe Odes of Solomon are the oldest surviving hymnal from the early Christian world. They were probably written in ancient Syria, in the Syriac language, between 100 and 200 AD. […]
Read more1. My Two Scientology Stories Before I come to this book, let me tell my two Scientology stories. First, I was a university student, walking near Central station with a […]
Read moreFirst of all, I thank all those who have written to me concerning Gurdjieff’s Emissary in New York (the back cover is shown here). No, it is not yet available, […]
Read moreDespite the near-unanimous modern dislike of Sir Walter Scott’s Peveril of the Peak, I utterly enjoyed it, and what is more, I have profited. No novelist I know of matches […]
Read moreThis is the morning address from Saturday 8 March 1985. Mr Adie was generous, almost profligate, with his wisdom. It can be difficult to digest it all. Indeed, it is […]
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