Neither Hermann von Keyserling nor his son Arnold are particularly famous in the English-speaking world. But there is an interest in these notes, taken from a translation of selections from […]
Read moreAuthor: Joseph Azize
For 29 July 2025: “If they can enter my mind …”
Serena had asked a rather involved question. After Mr Adie had answered it, she said: “There was something else, too. Whenever I think of the death of someone I felt close […]
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Review: Empire’s Son, Empire’s Orphan
Nile Green, Empire’s Son, Empire’s Orphan: The Fantastical Lives of Ikbal and Idries Shah, W.W. Norton, New York, 2024, 369 pp. This is a good book: the content is interesting and […]
Read more“What Happened In Between: A Doctor’s Story,” William J. Welch
Dr Welch was Gurdjieff’s final physician. This autobiography was published in 1972, some years before he died. Its 208 pages are chiefly devoted to his life and especially his medical […]
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Idries Shah- Genuine Fraud
I have only just become aware that last year a most interesting book was published; Empire’s Son, Empire’s Orphan: The Fantastical Lives of Ikbal and Idries Shah by Nile Green. I have […]
Read moreThe Promptings of Feeling (Mr Adie, 14 December 1985)
Daniel: We were speaking, Nobby, you and me, this morning about the running of a cable, the discussion covered some ground. At one stage, we were talking about doing some […]
Read more“I only learn through my own failures” Mr Adie, 14 December 1985
This was a Saturday. Mr Adie opened with the sort of theme which was tremendously powerful: everyone who spoke mentioned how it had made a huge effect upon on them. […]
Read moreAwareness will bring an adjustment: Mr Adie, 4 April 1989 (Mr Adie)
Tuesday 4 April 1989 Ezekiel: Mr Adie, the main line of my work is trying to relax and awaken at work. I’m situated at a desk in a room with […]
Read moreReview, “Thomas Keating,” by Cynthia Bourgeault
Cynthia Bourgeault (CB), Thomas Keating: The Making of a Modern Christian Mystic, Shambhala, Boulder, 2024 As CB states on p.208 “My deepest hope in writing this book is that those who […]
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“If you continue like this, you must leave,” 7 May 1986, Part III
This is the third extract from this meeting: Rick: I haven’t been able to formulate a plan or a line of work. In fact, the first five days of the […]
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