Part 2 of a review of Nile Green, Empire’s Son, Empire’s Orphan: The Fantastical Lives of Ikbal and Idries Shah, W.W. Norton, New York, 2024, 369 pp. The first part appears […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
My Plan Must Be Important to me: Thursday 10 November 1983 (Final)
Blackie: Mr Adie, firstly, I have to say that my efforts have been unclear and weak. I did have an observation on Monday, which I thought perhaps in a […]
Read moreRemembering the Past, 11 December 1985 (Part One)
Two of the first three questions in this meeting related to how we remember the past. This is the first one, and is valuable as much for how Mr Adie […]
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What Is Music? The Gurdjieff Ensemble, 20 September 2025
On 20 September 2025, I had the great fortune to be present at a concert by the Gurdjieff Ensemble (formerly the Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble) in the historic Black Fortress, […]
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Enlightenment in Life, Thursday 10 November 1983 (Part 4)
I see this as critical: read what the lady says of her experience. Is this not a moment of real enlightenment in the midst of life? Miriam: Yesterday, I went […]
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“To be present to my wish to work” Thursday 10 November 1983, Part 3
Esmay: I found my line of work was not very easy to follow because I was trying to work on false pride, and there was not many manifestations. It was […]
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“It Isn’t a Failure”: Thursday 10 November 1983 (Part 2)
Annabelle: On Sunday I made a plan to try and be free and relax as I spoke. And as I was speaking, something in me became aware that my shoulders […]
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“The Secret”: Thursday 10 November 1983 (Part 1)
Part One Ezekiel: I found something in me, Mr Adie, which is very egotistical and full of considering, always telling people either that I’m dying and that’s not too slowly […]
Read moreArnold Keyserling and Gurdjieff
Neither Hermann von Keyserling nor his son Arnold are particularly famous in the English-speaking world. But there is an interest in these notes, taken from a translation of selections from […]
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For 29 July 2025: “If they can enter my mind …”
Serena had asked a rather involved question. After Mr Adie had answered it, she said: “There was something else, too. Whenever I think of the death of someone I felt close […]
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