Wim Van Dullemen, Gurdjieff’s Movements: The Pattern of All and Everything, replublished and available in a limited edition at https://www.bythewaybooks.com/pages/books/20986/wim-van-dullemen/the-gurdjieff-movements-a-communication-of-ancient-wisdom When I say that this book is essential for anyone […]
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The “New Work,” James Moore, Pt II
Part Two It is significant that Moore distinguishes his critique of the new teaching from any criticism of those bearing it: “These startling propositions advanced with formidable intellectual refinement by French […]
Read moreThe “New Work,” James Moore, Pt I
Someone recently sent a jab in my direction, aiming not so much at what I said about “the New Work” in my book Gurdjieff: Mysticism, Contemplation, and Exercises, as about what I […]
Read moreAn Art Depicting “Knowledge of the Gift of Life” (22 February 1989, Pt III)
This continues the third question asked of Mr Adie on the evening of Wednesday 22 February 1989. The question was so long that I had to break it into two […]
Read moreThe Possibility of Directing Thought (22 February 1989, Pt II)
This very lengthy exchange from the meeting of 22 February 1989 has to be broken into two parts. Edward said: “Mr Adie, I was reading some books that were related […]
Read moreFinding the Connections (22 February 1989, Pt I)
This is from the meeting of Wednesday 22 February 1989. The first question was interesting only because it was asked: “Is it possible that identification is connected with my negativity?” […]
Read moreFathers and Sons (8 October 1985, Pt V)
Concluding the meeting of Tuesday 8 October 1985, Andy said that he had been helped by the suggestion to only work for a third of the day, because “I usually […]
Read moreThe Past Is Real, but Dissolved in the Present (Tuesday 8 October 1985, Pt IV)
Continuing from the meeting of Tuesday 8 October 1985, Paulo said that Sunday work at Newport had been very difficult for him. “You had some work to do,” Mr Adie […]
Read moreThe Unsettling State of Separation (Tuesday 8 October 1985, Pt III)
Part One This continues the report of the meeting of Tuesday 8 October 1985. Ann-Marie said that she had gone to the art gallery yesterday, then went shopping. She had […]
Read more“Discovering Gurdjieff,” Dorothy Phillpotts
This is a shortened copy of my earlier review of this excellent book. Discovering Gurdjieff, Dorothy Phillpotts, 2008, AuthorHouse, Central Milton Keynes, ISBN 9781434388711 (soft cover), 9781434388728 (soft cover) This […]
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