The Staircase Shuffle, Jon Woodson, Wild Pineapple Press, Providence R.I., 2024 (268pp.) I have already favourably commented on some of Prof Woodson’s work (see the links at the bottom of […]
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Unite the Tribes, 28 December 2024
Last year, the Gurdjieff Society of Newport hosted a Zoom meeting, wherein all of Beelzebub’s tribe could be part of one international virtual-gathering. Here is the post which related to […]
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When you order in this book, please ensure you are ordering in the third edition, published only a few days ago. I checked on Amazon in Australia, it does not […]
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Prospectus of the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man (Part 2)
Continuing from https://www.josephazize.com/2024/11/20/prospectus-of-the-institute-for-the-harmonious-development-of-man-part-1/ (4) The failure of the three centres to co-ordinate is due to the fact that there are, as it were, three different men in a single individual, the […]
Read moreJon Woodson: “The Emblematic Novel” (Part 2)
Professor Woodson states that his “unveiling of the emblematic novel” arose when he attempted to study the novels of Carl Van Vechten, using stylometry (19). Van Vechten had written a […]
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Prospectus of the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man (Part 1)
It would be great to see this published in book form, perhaps together with the original version of The Struggle of the Magicians. The document following is found in “Reel 4 […]
Read moreNicoll on False Personality as Vanity and Self-Conceit
In my last post on Nicoll I mentioned how his understanding of False Personality seemed promising. It is strange how things work out. I was not pursuing that idea, but […]
Read moreJon Woodson: “The Emblematic Novel” (Part 1)
The Emblematic Novel, Jon Woodson, Wild Pineapple Press, Providence RI, 2023 I have already noted the value of Jon Woodson’s research: http://www.josephazize.com/2024/04/26/review-yuval-taylor-zora-and-langston/ This volume, The Emblematic Novel: Esoteric Realism in […]
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For 29 October 2024: Extract from an Early Draft of ISM
This extract was not included in the final draft of In Search of the Miarculous. It was made available in The Institute Magazine. This was a Bennett-linked journal. I have no further […]
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Maurice Nicoll – The Sun Octave and the Miracle of Life
Since I wrote my review of Lachman’s unfortunate biography of Maurice Nicoll, I have completed re-reading Informal Work Talks. The depth of insight there is even greater than I had […]
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