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One at a Time (16 March 1983, Pt III)
Reading another of our statements of aim and purpose in our individual work, Mr Adie came to Bridget’s: “An obstacle I repeatedly come against is my inability to accept criticism, […]
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“An Exaggerated Form of the Usual” (Wednesday 16 March 1983, Pt I)
Part One This is from the meeting of Wednesday 16 March 1983. Mr Adie had asked everyone to bring in twenty words or less, their aim. He had received them, […]
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Review, “Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls,” John Bergsma (Pt IV)
Part Three: The Eucharist and the Scrolls (Part Two) This difference between the two calendars, whereby the Essenes celebrated it on Tuesday but “the Jews” four days later on Saturday, […]
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Being and Doing 29 October
Part One Mr Adie had a major memorial of the 29th of October, the anniversary of Gurdjieff’s death, each year. It was good and right. Without some such memorial, I […]
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Review: “Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls,” John Bergsma (Pt III)
Part Three: The Eucharist and the Scrolls (Part One) Chapter 6 is titled: “Did Qumran Have a “Eucharist”?”, and commences with Justin Martyr, describing the Christian Eucharist about the year […]
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Review: “Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls,” John Bergsma (Pt II)
Part Two: Baptism and the Scrolls At the outset, Bergsma succinctly states why a connection between the Baptist and the Essenes seems probable: The Essenes were the only sect of […]
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This Word, “Meddle”
I am reading Robert Hugh Benson’s early novel By What Authority? One of RBH’s strong suits as a novelist is his graceful employment of an extraordinarily wide vocabulary: his use of […]
Read moreGurdjieff: Mysticism, Contemplation, and Exercises
Someone has asked me whether my forthcoming book, Gurdjieff: Mysticism, Contemplation, and Exercises, is entirely new, or whether it is made up of my posts on this site. It is […]
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Gurdjieff’s Simple Advice (Thursday 27 September 1979, Pt II)
In continuing this report of the meeting of 27 September 1979. Jerry, who had asked one question already, now spoke about a discussion he had had with Mr Adie two […]
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