The first question was from Chaz. He is teaching again, and has seen that something in him wants to be a success. “That can be a great enemy,” said Mr […]
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29 October 2018 – Gurdjieff on Good and Evil
I have Fritz Peters’ books Boyhood with Gurdjieff and Gurdjieff Remembered as part of the one-volume edition titled My Journey with a Mystic. Mr Adie, who knew Gurdjieff and had met Peters, but […]
Read moreGeorge Adie: “Anything Less than the Miraculous Is not the Work” (5 March 1987 Pt I)
Conscious of the approach of the 29th, this is the first selection from a meeting of Thursday 5 March 1987 with Mr Adie. The first question came from Denis who […]
Read moreHelen Adie: The Movements are Analogous to Life
This is but the first part of the first question and answer from Thursday 4 October 1979. The first question was from Jake. He said: “What I have noticed is […]
Read moreIdentification with Self-Hatred
I recall that, on one occasion, Mr Adie said words to the effect of: “People often ask, ‘what should I do?’, and will not be satisfied for very long unless […]
Read moreKeith Buzzell, “The Third Striving”
I have been re-reading some of the late Keith Buzzell’s books. I wrote a review of The Third Striving for a journal named Parabola. Some of it was quite pretentious, and embarrasses […]
Read more“Sancho Is More Important than the Wall” (Saturday 12 November 1988, Pt V)
These are the last questions from this day of work. Gotham said that he had wanted to do the job on the stone wall quickly, but knew that he would be […]
Read moreBeing a “Clever Dick” (Saturday 12 November 1988 Pt IV)
The next question at the lunch table came from Frizzy, who said that she had been dissatisfied with her efforts that day, and at the stops she had not not […]
Read moreGeorge Adie on the Head as a Tool (Saturday 12 November 1988 Pt III)
The next question on Saturday 12 November 1988 came from Pali, who said that when he arrived at Newport for the weekend work, he had “some negative material.” Mr Adie […]
Read moreA Line of Work from Mme Sophia Ouspensky, 1945
Someone recently asked me what material I had from Madame Sophia Ouspensky. Of course, there is a certain amount available on the web, and some material, collected by Robert de […]
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