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 […]
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St 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 […]
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“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 […]
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St 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 […]
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Gurdjieff’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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Prospectus of the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man (Part 1)
It would be great to see this published in book form, perhaps together with the original version of The Struggle of the Magicians. The document following is found in “Reel 4 […]
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Nicoll on False Personality as Vanity and Self-Conceit
In my last post on Nicoll I mentioned how his understanding of False Personality seemed promising. It is strange how things work out. I was not pursuing that idea, but […]
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For 29 October 2024: Extract from an Early Draft of ISM
This extract was not included in the final draft of In Search of the Miarculous. It was made available in The Institute Magazine. This was a Bennett-linked journal. I have no further […]
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Maurice Nicoll – The Sun Octave and the Miracle of Life
Since I wrote my review of Lachman’s unfortunate biography of Maurice Nicoll, I have completed re-reading Informal Work Talks. The depth of insight there is even greater than I had […]
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