Toomer develops his insight that the health of psyche and body are interrelated in a manner stimulated by his direct insight that “the entire ordinary self oppresses and deranges the […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
Jean Toomer, “The Experience,” Part VI
Toomer’s relationship to his body now began to change. He had previously made observations such as how, looking around his apartment as if for the first time, he saw the […]
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“Beelzebub” Audiobook Recording
Anthony Blake’s reading of Beelzebub’s Tales is now available as an Audiobook at Audible, Amazon, and Apple Books. I purchased it from Audible, and am pleased to have done so. I […]
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Jean Toomer’s Essay, “The Experience,” Pt V
This third chapter, “Birth above the Body,” treats of the conception of a new understanding of his being, the body, and how our usual identification with the body keeps us […]
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Jean Toomer’s Essay, “The Experience,” Pt IV
The first three articles of this series were published as “In Practical Terms, What Is Self-Remembering?”, beginning with this one: http://www.josephazize.com/2023/08/11/in-practical-terms-what-is-self-remembering/ For better or for worse, I have decided to rename […]
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In Practical Terms, What Is Self-Remembering? Pt III
Part I of this series is: http://www.josephazize.com/2023/08/11/in-practical-terms-what-is-self-remembering/ Gurdjieff said that the key to everything was to remain separate. I think this is what is behind Toomer’s experience that: [My life] was […]
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In Practical Terms, What Is Self-Remembering? Pt II
Part I of this series is: http://www.josephazize.com/2023/08/11/in-practical-terms-what-is-self-remembering/ As what Toomer called “the Experience” unfolds, he provides more details of what actually happened within him: I became as a child, captivated by […]
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In Practical Terms, What Is Self-Remembering?
What is it like to be able to remember myself, in practical terms? Surely there can be no one comprehensive answer, as each “self” is unique (at least theoretically). But […]
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Three New Books from the Karnak Press
Karnak Press has kindly sent me three new books: Robin Bloor and Paula-Schmidt (eds), Sayings from the Gurdjieff Work, (iv + 193 + 3 pages of promotional material; hardcover) Nella […]
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What Can it Be, to “Unite Beelzebub’s Tribe”?
I think that the further one advances along the Gurdjieff work, the more one feels the desirability of uniting Beelzebub’s tribesmen, so to speak. There are many questions, for example, […]
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