N.B. I revised this review on 13 January 2024, trimming a few words here and there, but leaving it basically unchanged. Although many people I know and esteem intensely disliked this […]
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Review of Roger Lipsey’s “Gurdjieff Reconsidered” (Part One)
N.B. I revised this review on 13 January 2024, trimming a few words here and there, but leaving it basically unchanged. Although many people I know and esteem intensely disliked this […]
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George Adie on Being Present when Observing Myself (20 July 1989, Pt I)
This was the last group meeting Mr Adie ever took. I am saving the last, stunning answer from that meeting, for 13 January. The first question was from Oliver. “I […]
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A Socratic Exchange with George Adie (5 March 1987 Pt IV)
This is the final instalment of the meeting of Thursday 5 March 1987. Jacques had said that he wanted to see his thought and use the tongue exercise to remind […]
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George Adie on the Finer Material inside me (5 March 1987 Pt III)
The next question was from Pierre. His external work was going very well, and he had been congratulating himself on this, but it didn’t seem to have any connection with […]
Read moreGeorge Adie: It Is not Sufficient to Say I Have no Complaint (5 March 1987, Pt II)
The first question was from Chaz. He is teaching again, and has seen that something in him wants to be a success. “That can be a great enemy,” said Mr […]
Read more29 October 2018 – Gurdjieff on Good and Evil
I have Fritz Peters’ books Boyhood with Gurdjieff and Gurdjieff Remembered as part of the one-volume edition titled My Journey with a Mystic. Mr Adie, who knew Gurdjieff and had met Peters, but […]
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George Adie: “Anything Less than the Miraculous Is not the Work” (5 March 1987 Pt I)
Conscious of the approach of the 29th, this is the first selection from a meeting of Thursday 5 March 1987 with Mr Adie. The first question came from Denis who […]
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Helen Adie: The Movements are Analogous to Life
This is but the first part of the first question and answer from Thursday 4 October 1979. The first question was from Jake. He said: “What I have noticed is […]
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Identification with Self-Hatred
I recall that, on one occasion, Mr Adie said words to the effect of: “People often ask, ‘what should I do?’, and will not be satisfied for very long unless […]
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