for part one of this review, see http://www.josephazize.com/2021/05/03/review-walker-why-we-sleep/ Part Two: Why Should You Sleep? I have always felt, and Walker establishes that: “Sleep is not the absence of wakefulness. It is […]
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Review: Walker, “Why We Sleep” (Part 1)
Sleep Is an Esoteric Issue Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams, Penguin, 2017 (342 pp. plus end material including index) This is a […]
Read moreJane Heap / Notes
Jane Heap / Notes, Two Rivers Press, Aurora, Oregon, 1983 (second edition 2002) for availability see Two Rivers Press — Two Rivers Farm Jane Heap (1883-1964) was a most extraordinary woman. […]
Read moreGurdjieff Uses a Word for “Contemplation” (Paris Groups, 1 February 1944, Pt XV)
Tuesday 1 February 1944, pp.73-78 G.B. said that he was losing energy, especially through his emotions. He cannot follow Gurdjieff’s advice to be a good egoist, because of these emotions […]
Read morePogson, “Mind and Energy,” Pt III (final)
Speaking about this energy, Mrs Pogson says that it is a borrowed energy, which when borrowed lasts “for a time,” and may temporarily sustain us, but “it is not yours”. […]
Read morePogson, “Mind and Energy,” Pt II
And now we come to heart of this book. Pogson produced a diagram of accumulators, associating the intellectual, emotional, and moving/instinctive centres, with the large accumulator on the right hand […]
Read moreMind and Energy, Pogson, Pt 1
Mind and Energy, Beryl Pogson, compiled Bob Hunter, Eureka Editions, Utrecht, 2000/2001, 114 pp. This is a very good book, probably the best collection of material from Beryl Pogson, who […]
Read moreTwo Audiobooks
I think it is more than worthwhile to purchase the two audiobooks: Undiscovered Country and Women of the Rope. The first of these, is at https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Undiscovered-Country-Audiobook/B08CFTLNMY The second is at https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Gurdjieff-and-the-Women-of-the-Rope-Audiobook/B08QDQVSW2?qid=1609801354&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=771c6463-05d7-4981-9b47-920dc34a70f1&pf_rd_r=0G877H51PFHETQQH87R3 I am not […]
Read moreA Booklet of Notes from Mme Ouspensky
Saturday Evenings at Mendham, Conversations with Madame Ouspensky Part One Produced in 2018 by C. Smith, this is a rather odd little booklet, approximately half of it is blank. There […]
Read moreFerapontoff’s Constantinople Notes, 2nd edition
I am pleased to say that a second edition of Boris Ferapontoff’s Constantinople Notes has been published. It is available from By the Way Book: https://www.bythewaybooks.com/pages/books/26530/boris-ferapontoff/constantinople-notes-on-the-transition-to-man-number-4 The few typographical errors have […]
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