Part One In about 2011, HarperCollins published Norris J. Chumley’s Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer. It is not an uninteresting book, as a travelogue, but its value for me lies within […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
Grossman: Assassination Generation (I)
Review, Lt Col. Dave Grossman, Assassination Generation: Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing, Little Brown and Company, NY (2016) 264 pp. This is a valuable book. It is […]
Read moreSnowdon: Aging with Grace
Aging with Grace: The Nun Study and the Science of Old Age. How we Can all Live Longer, Healthier and more Vital Lives, David Snowdon, Fourth Estate, London (237 pp. […]
Read moreWolfgang Smith, Theistic Evolution: The Teilhardian Heresy
Review, Wolfgang Smith, Theistic Evolution: The Teilhardian Heresy, Angelico Press/Sophia Perennis, 248pp. plus index I was wondering about Teilhard de Chardin’s pervasive influence on the modern Catholic Church, or perhaps […]
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Review, Wolfgang Smith, Vedanta in the Light of Christian Wisdom
Review, Wolfgang Smith, Vedanta in the Light of Christian Wisdom, Philos-Sophia Initiative Foundation, 2022, 100 pages plus postscript, glossary, and index There are some extraordinary insights in this book. The […]
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His Justice Is Perfected in His Mercy
His Justice Is Perfected in His Mercy In the ancient Syriac conception, there is no contradiction whatever between the justice of God and His mercy. Rather, they are both aspects […]
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Working with the Idea of “De-Identifying” (Saturday 15 November 1986, Pt II)
This continues the meeting of Saturday 15 November 1986 with the first lunch questions. The morning address is here: https://www.josephazize.com/2024/01/04/mr-adie-de-identification-saturday-15-november-1986/ Kerry: This morning I found the idea of de-identification was […]
Read moreCaring for a Clarinet: 13 January 2024
On 9 December 1930, Gurdjieff said: “… an aspirant to learn to be a pianist, can never learn except little by little. If you wish to play melodies at first […]
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Mr Adie: “De-Identification,” Saturday 15 November 1986
This is an edited transcript of Mr Adie’s breakfast address. As I sit, waiting or balanced, or however we sit, what is my greatest need? It must be now, of […]
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Jane Heap Looking for Gurdjieff: 20 November 1986
from the meeting of Thursday 20 November 1986 at Newport. Alexander: The exercise I tried with counting was very successful in the time that I tried it for three days. […]
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