Beryl Pogson, Nicoll’s long-time secretary, made some significant statements about Gurdjieff, which I would think can only have come from Nicoll (excepting the last one). I think that these passages […]
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Month: April 2026
Gurdjieff in Nicoll’s Commentaries (Part XVI, final)
149. I suspect that this is from Gurdjieff: “You must remember here a phrase once used in the Work—”No effort—no work: no work—no awakening: no awakening—death.”” (1643-4, 8 November 1952, […]
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Gurdjieff in Nicoll’s Commentaries (Part XV)
134. “Identifying” said G., “is the greatest enemy that we have to overcome. It is through being always identified that we are kept asleep and therefore have to live in […]
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Gurdjieff in Nicoll’s Commentaries (Part XIV)
121. “When I was at the Institute in France I used to be told at about six o’clock in the morning when I was on a certain job that I […]
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Nicoll’s Scientific Papers
In the Maurice Nicoll Papers, Yale University Library, MS 1348, series 1, Box 3, folder 13 are 188 pages of his science study (at least several pages are missing, and […]
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