Further to the paper I recently delivered at the Gurdjieff Symposium at the University of Sydney, I am intending to post some resources from Gurdjieff and his pupils. I shall […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
The Way (16 March 1983, Pt VIII)
Part One This is the final portion of the meeting of Wednesday 16 March 1983, when mr Adie was reviewing people’s written statements of where they saw their work now […]
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Review, “Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls,” John Bergsma (Pt VI)
Part Five: Holy Orders and the Scrolls (I) Chapter 11 is titled “Priesthood and the Scrolls.” It opens by noting how diverse the views of different Christian groups are on […]
Read moreJ.G. Bennett, “Sunday Talks at Coombe Springs”
Way back in 2004, in Sunday Talks at Coombe Springs: Practical Themes for Human Transformation, Ken Pledge and a team published some 41 talks which Bennett had delivered at Coombe […]
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Don’t Personify Sloth, Find its Causes (16 March 1983, Pt VII)
Siegmund: “It is impossible not to see my chief feature is my negative emotion, which can easily change me, easily take me. It makes me very depressed.” “But the trouble […]
Read moreGurdjieff Symposium, 3 December, Full Programme and Abstracts
Good Morning, Please find attached the full programme and abstracts for Tuesday’s conference. You may need to download to see pages 2-7. See you there. Regards,
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“How Can I Be Simple When I Am Not?” (16 March 1983, Pt VI)
“This is from Dave: “My chief obstacle is present, especially as such moments as now when I’m wishing to express myself simply and sincerely. It is the mechanical power of […]
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Review, “Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls,” John Bergsma (Pt V)
Part Four: Matrimony, Celibacy, and the Scrolls Bergsma opens chapter 9 by noting the widespread fallacy that the ancient Jews did not practise celibacy (125), for the Essenes in fact […]
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The Miser’s Gift (16 March 1983, Pt V)
The next note was from Abigail: “I find the exercise on pondering on my chief fault or feature very rich in results. The main thing that appeared was its needs […]
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“I Can’t Go to Heaven with my Boots on”, (16 March 1983, Pt IV)
Continuing the reviews, Mr Adie said: Chief features, this is Daphne: “After expressing my anger which usually brings and causes arguments, I lose my force, or thread of any efforts […]
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