Zara: About eight months ago I had a car accident and everything that was natural to me like talking, walking, etc, had to be relearned. I tried to remember that […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
An Evening in Commemoration of the Adies (27 July 2024)
The Gurdjieff Society of Newport is hosting an evening in commemoration of Mr and Mrs Adie, and with them, of the Great Work into which Gurdjieff had initiated them; that […]
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Update on the Bennett Book
Just to let you know, it looks like my Bennett study will be available in September. I will let you know when it is published and how to purchase it.
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“The Winged Life” (Wednesday 19 July 1989, Pt 3)
The questions show how much people could gain. These are real experiences. One of the benefits of having teachers like the Adies was that they could help you discern what […]
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Pain and Work (Wednesday 19 July 1989)
The questions from Kerry and Daniel are among those where the observations stand by themselves as testimonies to the work taking place at Newport. Marius: You asked me about pride […]
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Nyland and the Gurdjieff Exercises
Mr Nyland’s Talks on Gurdjieff: The Draining, Sensing, “I Am,” Unrolling the Film, and Day of Austerity Exercises, Presidio Press, Tucson, Arizona. 338 pp plus index. Available from By the […]
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Wednesday 19 July 1989 (Part One) Uncommon Wisdom
What is wisdom? I cannot yet define it satisfactorily, but here it is. Gracie: On Sunday, I was lying on the table downstairs in the large studio placing the cutlery, […]
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Errata in the Third Edition of “George Adie: A Gurdjieff Pupil in Australia”
Apologies for the errors. If anyone spots more, please let me know. Page 20. 2nd paragraph, 2nd last line, 6th word. For “her” read “here” Page 21. 1st paragraph, last line, after 5th word. […]
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Shapiro and Shrier on Rumination and Mental Images
Ben Shapiro published an excellent interview with Abigail Shrier on 5 May 2024, the centre of which was a discussion of her new book, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing […]
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Review, Yuval Taylor: “Zora and Langston”
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) wrote the striking novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937). I am perhaps even more impressed by her autobiography, Dust Tracks on a Road (1942). She strikes me […]
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