Enchanting Modern: Ilonka Karasz (1896-1981), Ashley Callahan, Georgia Museum of Art, 2003) The only disappointing feature of this beautiful book is that Ilonka Karasz’s status as a personal pupil of […]
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Mr Adie on Using Very Short Stops
This is the transcript of Mr Adie’s morning address on Saturday 5 April 1986, at the start of a work weekend. I also include the first question. The idiot whom […]
Read moreA Legend of the Wars of Montrose by Walter Scott
Why do most commentators undervalue Sir Walter Scott’s short novel, A Legend of the Wars of Montrose (1819)? I wonder if it is not because of the Catholic sympathy he […]
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We cannot afford not to see and understand our own attitudes: they are absolutely critical in our lives. As Ouspensky said: “Our attitudes are like wires which connect us with […]
Read moreThe Black Dwarf (second and final part)
Having said something about the purpose and possibilities of literature, and introduced Walter Scott’s 1816 novel The Black Dwarf, I shall now discuss its contents. 3. The Issues As stated, […]
Read moreChristmas: An Island in the River of Time
The Season of Christmas is precious, and it grows more precious for us, as each year imperceptibly but surely ages us. We sense that our time on earth is limited, […]
Read moreWhere We Stop
Part One: Where We Stop How is it possible that we can work at Gurdjieff’s methods and study his ideas for decades, and yet make little advance beyond a certain […]
Read moreWhere are the Gurdjieff Groups Heading?
This piece was first published around seven years ago. I have made some minor improvements. I am shortly to follow it up with one entitled “Where We Stop”, which shall, […]
Read moreNature and Electricity
The late Dr John Lester (1919-1999) was a pupil of Gurdjieff and of Jane Heap; in fact, he was one of those closest to Jane. I am proud to say […]
Read moreThe Black Dwarf Part One)
“… fair play and auld (old) Scotland for ever!” The Black Dwarf, chap. 12 The issue at the heart of The Black Dwarf is that of suffering in that word’s […]
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