Part One: The texts concerning St Maroun In Part One, I set out the two ancient texts which disclose what is known of St Maroun. In Part Two, I discuss […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
Mr Adie Notices
This comes from the meeting of Thursday 19 March 1986. The exchange with the young man, who happened to be myself, was moderately interesting. But what was fascinating was the […]
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The 350 Martyrs (Part 3): The Spiritual Message
The bottom line is that we can be satisfied that the tradition of the Maronite Church is genuine. There was a tragic slaying of more than 350 monks in 517, […]
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The 350 Martyrs (Part 2): Have we Been Misled?
The Venerable Patriarch Douaihy, the “Memory of the Maronites”, accepted the historicity of the letters and the events described. The Maronite Church has long celebrated their feast on 31 July […]
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The 350 Martyrs: Part 1
The 350 Martyrs: Part 1 (The Holy Martyrs) On 31 July each year, the Maronite Church remembers the 350 Maronite monks who were martyred in the year 517. Together with […]
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Mr Adie and a School Teacher
This is from a meeting of Thursday 19 March 1986. Amy was a school teacher. She said that on Tuesday she had had an intention and a plan. She was […]
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Only, I know I’m doing it (Mrs Adie, 1982)
This is from a meeting of Tuesday 23 November 1982. It was rather a long exhange, and I could not possibly reduplicate how “Jim” spoke over Mrs Adie. The exercise […]
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Nicoll on the Search for Chief Feature
How does one look for chief feature? I mean, what is the nature of the “searching-effort” one makes? There are several ways to answer. Something of the effort is described […]
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Irmis Popoff on Chief Feature and Steady Work
As we continue this work with chief feature, some things become clearer. First, to struggle with chief feature seems to always involve losing belief in a story. That story is […]
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Chief Feature and Essence
Two of the more overlooked books in the Gurdjieff literature are the posthumously edited Notes Taken at Meetings January 18, 1934 to April 28, 1934 and Selections from Meetings in […]
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