There is an interesting story in In Search of the Miraculous. Gurdjieff is speaking about the Stop Exercise. “I will tell you of one case in my own life. It was […]
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Abba Evagrius: Various Sayings
I have mentioned on this site the 1954 volume, Early Fathers from the Philokalia, edited and translated by Evgenia Kadloubovksy andGerald Eustace Howell Palmer. https://www.josephazize.com/2017/08/12/from-ouspensky-to-the-philokalia/ One of the gems unique to this volume is […]
Read moreWhat Is behind “Gurdjieff in Tibet”
What is behind the ideas in Layne Negrin’s Gurdjieff in Tibet? In an earlier post, I explained in broad outline the radical flaws in the book, and I shall say a […]
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“God Beyond Time,” J(ohn) H(ereward) Reyner (Part Three)
This is the third post on this valuable book. Having noticed the significance of imagination and visualisation, Rayner then comes to attention, as taught by (Gurdjieff and) Ouspensky. The exercise […]
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13 January 2025
Last night the Gurdjieff Society of Newport met for the 13th. We began with Movements, culminating in “I Wish to Have Being” with Mrs Adie’s almost sublime music. The music […]
Read moreSt Gregory Palamas’ “Defence”
Perhaps the one absolutely critical document for Hesychasm is “In Defence of those who Devoutly Practise a Life of Stillness,” found in vol. 4 of The Philokalia (Faber, 1995). It […]
Read more“A Selection from the Holy Fathers on Prayer and Attentiveness”
Continuing from my post on St Mark the Ascetic’s “Letter to Nicolas the Solitary,” I shall turn to “A Selection from the Holy Fathers on Prayer and Attentiveness,” in volume […]
Read moreSt Mark the Ascetic, “Letter to Nicolas the Solitary”
In the first volume of The Philokalia is St Mark the Ascetic’s “Letter to Nicolas the Solitary.” It is only about 14 pages long, but it has extraordinary depth. To obtain […]
Read moreGurdjieff’s Meetings 1941-1946
When you order in this book, please ensure you are ordering in the third edition, published only a few days ago. I checked on Amazon in Australia, it does not […]
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Prospectus of the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man (Part 2)
Continuing from https://www.josephazize.com/2024/11/20/prospectus-of-the-institute-for-the-harmonious-development-of-man-part-1/ (4) The failure of the three centres to co-ordinate is due to the fact that there are, as it were, three different men in a single individual, the […]
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