My article on Gurdjieff and Crowley has been published in Correspondences, “Esotericism, Occultism, and Magic: The Case of Gurdjieff and Crowley,” Correspondences, 8 (no. 2), 2020, 157-217. This edition of […]
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Category: Articles
Thoughts on Studying Negative Emotions (Part One)
Introduction Why study negative emotions at all? Any answer better than “curiosity” must depend upon my aim. Without a good conscious aim, even the desire to become free of […]
Read moreTable of Contents and Index, Paris Groups 1944
The table of contents and index for this volume are so large, now that I am over one third of the way through, that I shall publish them in this […]
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Nicoll: What Gurdjieff Said about Decisions
I do not find all of Nicoll’s “psychological commentaries” equally valuable. They are rarely mediocre, but on some occasions, I have the impression that Nicoll, who wrote these as weekly […]
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My Review of “The Reality of Being”
On the morning of Thursday 4 March 2021, Sydney time, I received an email titled “Your Review of The Reality of Being.” The entirety of the body of the email […]
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Identifying with the Past
Part One I think that one of the major points one will come to in the work of spiritual development, is to realise that one is identifying with the past. […]
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An Ablutions Discipline
Part One “I remember very little about those first few weeks (at Sherborne, with J. G. Bennett) except that my feet were killing me. It was my own fault. I […]
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Two Wonderful Words: “Snug” and “Order”
The word “snug” – “comfortable, lying close and warm” (Skeat) – comes from Scandinavian words which meant “smooth” (as in smooth wool or hair), also “short-haired” and hence “smooth” or […]
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Words Result from the Notice of Mind (Part I)
New words are marks left by the visit of a mind. A particular thought or feeling, some instinctive or physical reaction expresses itself, and impress itself upon us enough for […]
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Orage’s Commentary on Beelzebub (Pt 3)
It might be interesting to look at some of what Orage said about Gurdjieff himself, as reported in these commentaries. Some of these remarks need a little context. The first […]
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