For 29 July 2022. Higher Nature, Lower Nature, and the In-Between I invariably find that, when I work, I am brought to a sense of immediacy – to a sense […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
Allen Roth in Sherborne, Part 2
In chapter 8, Roth comes to the theme meetings, where Bennett had “a general rule only to report actual observations” (49). There is one thing I disagree with: Roth quotes […]
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Allen Roth on Sherborne, Pt 1
There is a rather valuable and well-written book, Sherborne: An Experiment in Transformation, by Allen Roth. Only 118 pages with an index, it is, nonetheless a contribution to the Gurdjieff […]
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Pythagoras and his “Akousmata”
Part One I deal here with the interpretation of the akousmata (lit. “things heard”) also known as the symbols (“counterparts”) of Pythagoras (possibly around 570-480): cryptic sayings attributed to him […]
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“Christ the Yogi”?
Recently, a friend sent me an astonishingly powerful study for an icon of Ss John and Prochoros. Pondering it, I recalled that a few years ago, a friend had given […]
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Audiobook: “Life Is Real Only Then, When ‘I AM’,”
A.G.E. Blake’s reading of the Third Series is now available at Audiobooks: https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Life-Is-Real-Only-Then-When-I-Am-Audiobook/B0B4RPXCQ8?ref=a_library_t_c5_libItem_&pf_rd_p=74d71ce1-f90f-405f-b4c3-d38cdc1d6ae4&pf_rd_r=TMGFWDGN0Q4T9TDE3XRP Because I am a friend of his, and am much indebted to him in several ways, I am […]
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The Cosmic Wombat
In the book, Gurdjieff: Mysticism … I mentioned several times how vital it is to raise the sensation of the body to a state of consciousness. That is, although words […]
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“Coombe Springs and its Beginnings,” Frances Allen
Frances Allen wrote an article titled “Coombe Springs and its Beginnings,” which was published in two parts in The Enneagram, June and September 1976. I only possess a typescript copy. […]
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The Developments in Gurdjieff’s Teaching
Part One Several people have said to me, over the years, that it is either pointless or wrong to discuss Gurdjieff: he is simply beyond us. First, I think that […]
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The Changes in Gurdjieff’s Life
Part One The purpose of this post is simply to present a hypothesis about the changes in Gurdjieff’s life. Perhaps its chief value will be that it raises certain questions, […]
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