I wonder if the title of Bennett’s fourth chapter, “Negative Sex” may not have been influenced by Ouspensky’s idea of infra-sex (see chapter XII in A New Model of the […]

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Bennett’s Introduction Bennett’s two page introduction to his book, Sex: the Relationship between Sex and Spiritual Development, sets the parameters of his discussion and introduces many of the key concepts. […]

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For anyone with an interest in Gurdjieff’s ideas, this volume is not just useful but valuable. For those attempting to put his ideas and methods into practice, it is indispensable, […]

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I recently came across a reference to Robin Amis’ book A Different Christianity: Early Christian Esotericism and Modern Thought, published in 1995 by the State University of New York Press. […]

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There is a new book, Tobias Churton’s Deconstructing Gurdjieff. I can’t pretend I think it’s worth reading. I don’t like his writnge: it’s rather a smart-aleck style – “that particular […]

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Well, my eighth book has now been published, An Introduction to the Maronite Faith. Here is a link: http://www.connorcourt.com/catalog1/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=423#.WU32lIVOLIW It is, as the titles suggests, an introduction. It is not […]

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What is the history of the Bible, and how did the Church’s view of it, especially its view of the Old Testament change over its first four hundred years? Why […]

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Music can communicate a feeling of the sublime. I call the “sublime” that precious, subtle feeling of myself as if on the cusp of touching the mystery of eternity. It […]

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René Zuber, Who Are You Monsieur Gurdjieff?, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1980  It might be appropriate, on the 13th, to review a somewhat under-appreciated volume by a personal pupil. […]

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