1. My Two Scientology Stories Before I come to this book, let me tell my two Scientology stories. First, I was a university student, walking near Central station with a […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
Two New Gurdjieff Studies
First of all, I thank all those who have written to me concerning Gurdjieff’s Emissary in New York (the back cover is shown here). No, it is not yet available, […]
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Peveril of the Peak
Despite the near-unanimous modern dislike of Sir Walter Scott’s Peveril of the Peak, I utterly enjoyed it, and what is more, I have profited. No novelist I know of matches […]
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The Gift of Life
This is the morning address from Saturday 8 March 1985. Mr Adie was generous, almost profligate, with his wisdom. It can be difficult to digest it all. Indeed, it is […]
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“Put not your trust in princes …”
The Psalmist had it right in Psalm 146: place your most profound trust in God, not in princes or politicians, or indeed any human being. It does not mean that […]
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For the 29th …
Part One The road to balance is a long hard one. There are moments when one’s state is so high that it seems as if one will always be lifted […]
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John Fogerty, Fortunate Son
John Fogerty is one of the few geniuses of modern music. I am not alone in that opinion. I would place him in the company of Dylan, Elton John, Springsteen, […]
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Dylan, Nobel Prizes and a Vatican Newspaper
So Giuseppe Fiorentino of L’Osservatore Romano feels that some of Bob Dylan’s lyrics are beautiful with an intensity of which only “true artists” are capable: “di un’intensità di cui solo […]
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The Beatles: Eight Days A Week (A Review)
The Importance of Probing (The Beatles: Eight Days A Week) I saw the movie: the first I have seen in about two years. And it was worth it. In fact, […]
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Every Stick has Two Ends
Again, from the meeting of Tuesday 1 April 1986. Part One Jimmy said that he had seen his nothingness. He had been trying to work out where he should live, […]
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