At the meeting of 26 September 1979, Mrs Adie asked people what had brought them to the work. Most of these had joined only two years ago. In the event, […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
The Three Forces (Sunday 19 November 1944, Paris Groups, Pt XLIV)
Sunday 19 November 1944 previously unpublished Gurdjieff: “Lord have mercy on me.” When you say “Lord,” what do you represent to yourselves? Exercise, or forces without a face? God is […]
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Gurdjieff’s “Help for the Deceased”Exercise
My academic article on Gurdjieff’s most unusual exercise, that of “Help for the Deceased” is being published, this week, by the Alternative Spirituality and Religion and Review. I open with a […]
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Working sensibly, (Thursday 23 November 1944, Paris Groups, Pt XLIII)
Thursday 23 November 1944 previously unpublished (Reading: Solovieff) Gurdjieff: What time is it? Mme T. Half past nine. Gurdjieff: Who has important questions? Not subjective questions. Questions which interest everyone. […]
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Gurdjieff and Crowley
My article on Gurdjieff and Crowley has been published in Correspondences, “Esotericism, Occultism, and Magic: The Case of Gurdjieff and Crowley,” Correspondences, 8 (no. 2), 2020, 157-217. This edition of […]
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The Exercises, (Thursday 20 July 1944, Paris Groups, Pt XLII)
Dr Aboulker: In this exercise one can ask one’s father: “Help me to remember myself.” How can this be compatible with what Mr Gurdjieff says? Gurdjieff: It is only an […]
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“When one Hurries …”, (Thursday 20 July 1944, Paris Groups, Pt XLI)
Thursday 20 July 1944, pp.202 previously unpublished A.D. I have not dared to do this exercise of the reversed cross because I have not yet felt myself worthy to do […]
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Thoughts on Studying Negative Emotions (Part One)
Introduction Why study negative emotions at all? Any answer better than “curiosity” must depend upon my aim. Without a good conscious aim, even the desire to become free of […]
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Displacing Instinctive Associations (Paris Groups, 15 June 1944, second and final part) Pt XL
This is the second and final part of this group meeting. A.E. I was thinking that it was not necessary to do it alone. [The question seems to have been […]
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Returning to the Network Exercise (Paris Groups, Thursday 15 June 1944) Pt XXXIX
This meeting was previously unpublished (Mr Gurdjieff enters and greets Mme de Salzmann) Gurdjieff: First of all, it would interest me to know how it is going with this network […]
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