Robert Hugh Benson (1872-1914), was a Catholic Priest. He was the son of an Archbishop of Canterbury renowned for his anti-Catholic rhetoric, and was ordained an Anglican priest by his […]
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“No Attachments at all” (Thursday 19 July 1979, Pt II)
This was a very interesting exchange between Mr Adie and a young woman whose voice I don’t recognise. I am guessing that she left the group, certainly in this transcript […]
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George Adie “There Should be more Work,” (11 July 1989, Final)
These are two questions from the one lady on Tuesday 11 July 1989, not very long before he died. She asked the first, then others asked questions, then – weeping […]
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“A Quietness of Thought,” (Thursday 19 July 1979, Pt I)
The first question was from Max, who said that he had been trying to come free of criticisms, pondering the matter in his morning preparation. In the had, initially, felt […]
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Review, “Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls,” John Bergsma (8th and final part)
Part Six: The Church and the Scrolls “Did St Paul write anything about the Church?”, Bergsma asks in chapter 14. It begins with some notes about the assumptions modern biblical […]
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Gurdjieff: Mysticism, Contemplation, and Exercises
I have just read the published volume, and I think it might be worthwhile to note some thoughts which have occurred to me. I shall update this page from time […]
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Resources on Suffering: The Two Rivers (Part II)
In those post I shall just take what Gurdjieff has to say about suffering in what I might call his “Two Rivers Talks.” There are two publications of talks under […]
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Resources on Suffering
Further to the paper I recently delivered at the Gurdjieff Symposium at the University of Sydney, I am intending to post some resources from Gurdjieff and his pupils. I shall […]
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The Way (16 March 1983, Pt VIII)
Part One This is the final portion of the meeting of Wednesday 16 March 1983, when mr Adie was reviewing people’s written statements of where they saw their work now […]
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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