Review Early Talks Audiobook I have now been able to listen to the entirety of Anthony Blake’s reading of Gurdjieff’s Early Talks. There are parts to which I have listened […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
Mrs Adie’s Book now Available as an E-Book
My Talk in Armenia
Please forgive the shameless self-promotion.
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The Christ Child and the “Puer Aeternus”
I have previously written about Nicoll’s use of the concept of the puer aeternus, the eternal boy: https://www.josephazize.com/2024/10/24/maurice-nicoll-the-sun-octave-and-the-miracle-of-life/ It was probably borrowed from C.G. Jung, although, from what I can […]
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Two New Audiobooks: Gurdjieff and Daumal read by A.G.E. Blake
Two new audio-books have been released. In these, my friend Anthony Blake reads Gurdjieff’s Early Talks, and Daumal’s Mount Analogue. I would talk them up, but I have not yet […]
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The 1926 Russian Draft of ISM (Part III)
I am now obtaining a better picture of the Yale documents. Ouspensky began writing In Search of the Miraculous by no later than 1926. This draft ends with the words […]
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An Early Russian Draft of ISM, part 2
There is a pencil marking in the top right hand corner which has the year 1926. I don’t know who added this or when. First, compare pp.12-13 of the English, […]
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An Early Draft of “In Search of the Miraculous”
I have obtained a copy of an earlier Russian draft of In Search of the Miraculous from the Beinecke. There is a pencil marking in the top right hand corner […]
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An Upcoming Gurdjieff Talk: 1:00pm, 8 July 2026
At 1:00pm on Wednesday 8 July, I am speaking on the topic of Gurdjieff and his mysticism at the Blavatsky Lodge of the Theosophical Society in Australia. The address is […]
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A Pilgrimage to San Marco, Florence
I recently made a pilgrimage to the monastery of San Marco, Florence. A friend of mine, also in the Gurdjieff work, had told me it was extraordinary; and Fra Angelico […]
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