This is from the meeting of Tuesday 24 June 1986, at Newport. It was a young man, whom I will call Richard, and who was new to the ideas. He […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
Advancing towards a Shore which I Cannot See
This is the third question I am posting from the meeting of Tuesday 24 June 1986. The man, let us call him Tim, who asked this question, had been in […]
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Mr Adie on Swearing
This is from the meeting of Tuesday 24 June 1986. When Mr Adie told the joke about the political rally in the north of England, people laughed uproariously. I have […]
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The Practice of Unceasing Prayer
Introduction In an earlier posting, I mentioned that, in 1954, Kadloubovsky and Palmer had published a second volume of extracts from the Philokalia. Its full title is Early Fathers from […]
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Mr Adie on “Human Mathematics”
This exchange comes from the meeting of Tuesday 24 June 1986. Just when I start thinking that I have heard most everything Mr Adie had to say, I find myself […]
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The Ballad of John and Yoko
I do not consider this to be one of Lennon’s great songs, but it is much under-rated both for its musical and its cultural depth. It draws on a variety […]
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Hatred
Meaning and Etymology First, what does the word mean? The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary says that the root, ”hate,” has the primary meaning of “to hold in very strong dislike,” […]
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Sentimentality: A Disease of the Feeling
Sentimentality is a disease. Orage said that it is “an escape of emotional gas but not through the centre for which it was intended” (Gurdjieff’s Emissary, 455). That is, the […]
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St Isaac (23 August)
The feast of St Isaac of Monteluco (died c. 550) is celebrated on 23 August. He is often confused with St Isaac of Nineveh (died c. 700). Both are also […]
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Amis and “A Different Christianity”
I recently came across a reference to Robin Amis’ book A Different Christianity: Early Christian Esotericism and Modern Thought, published in 1995 by the State University of New York Press. […]
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