This is from the meeting of Wednesday 22 February 1989. The first question was interesting only because it was asked: “Is it possible that identification is connected with my negativity?” […]
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Fathers and Sons (8 October 1985, Pt V)
Concluding the meeting of Tuesday 8 October 1985, Andy said that he had been helped by the suggestion to only work for a third of the day, because “I usually […]
Read moreThe Past Is Real, but Dissolved in the Present (Tuesday 8 October 1985, Pt IV)
Continuing from the meeting of Tuesday 8 October 1985, Paulo said that Sunday work at Newport had been very difficult for him. “You had some work to do,” Mr Adie […]
Read moreThe Unsettling State of Separation (Tuesday 8 October 1985, Pt III)
Part One This continues the report of the meeting of Tuesday 8 October 1985. Ann-Marie said that she had gone to the art gallery yesterday, then went shopping. She had […]
Read more“Discovering Gurdjieff,” Dorothy Phillpotts
This is a shortened copy of my earlier review of this excellent book. Discovering Gurdjieff, Dorothy Phillpotts, 2008, AuthorHouse, Central Milton Keynes, ISBN 9781434388711 (soft cover), 9781434388728 (soft cover) This […]
Read moreMovements with Mrs Adie (Part III)
“Sense Yourself. Feel Yourself.” But, for me. the most important element of Mrs Adie’s teaching of movements was her showing us how to work at the movements by mobilising ourselves […]
Read moreMovements with Mrs Adie (Part II)
Movements with Mrs Adie When the author began participating in Mrs Adie’s movements classes in Newport in 1982, the group had tripled, and she would have three separate classes of […]
Read moreMovements with Mrs Adie (Pt I)
Helen Adie (1909-1996) and her husband George Adie (1901-1989) had been pupils of Ouspensky for some years, and then of Gurdjieff in 1948 and 1949. Mrs Adie was already a […]
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I was recently interviewed by James Ellis. I was quite impressed by his conduct of the interview, and his intelligent interest. It can be found here: https://hermitix.podiant.co/e/the-work-of-george-gurdjieff-with-joseph-azize-38678c29126460/ The Youtube version is […]
Read moreThe Best Way Is the One you find for Yourself (Tuesday 8 October 1985, Pt II)
This continues the meeting of Tuesday 8 October 1985 with Mr Adie. Ainslie said that at the Sunday work she had been trying to stop dreams by sensing her hand. […]
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