Music can communicate a feeling of the sublime. I call the “sublime” that precious, subtle feeling of myself as if on the cusp of touching the mystery of eternity. It […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
Mr Adie on
This comes from the weekend of Saturday 5 April 1986. Someone asked a question at lunch. This person had previously been doing some sort of meditative practice. I am fairly […]
Read moreThe Odes of Solomon: Ode 4
The Fourth Ode of Solomon is enigmatic, and has been studied more than most of the others. I will not go into the history of the study of this Ode, […]
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A Calling, by Abbot William Driscoll (Part Three)
We are still in chapter 6 of Abbot William’s autobiography. It is 1951, and he is a Trappist monk in the USA. We have been speaking of the wisdom inherent […]
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René Zuber, Who Are You Monsieur Gurdjieff?
René Zuber, Who Are You Monsieur Gurdjieff?, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1980 It might be appropriate, on the 13th, to review a somewhat under-appreciated volume by a personal pupil. […]
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Enchanting Modern: A Review
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 […]
Read moreMr 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 […]
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A 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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Attitudes
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 […]
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The 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, […]
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