The above picture was made by David Blake, son of Anthony G.E. Blake, one of John G. Bennett’s closest friends and collaborators. It is a small part of his project […]

Part One I deal here with the interpretation of the akousmata (lit. “things heard”) also known as the symbols (“counterparts”) of Pythagoras (possibly around 570-480): cryptic sayings attributed to him […]

In the book, Gurdjieff: Mysticism … I mentioned several times how vital it is to raise the sensation of the body to a state of consciousness. That is, although words […]

Someone recently sent me an email from this site. It went into spam, and I accidentally deleted it when trying to delete other emails.  I am told that this is […]

I am pleased to announce the publication of volume 12, part 2, of the journal Postscripts: The Journal of Sacred Texts, Cultural Histories, and Contemporary Contexts, from Dublin. This volume was […]

I received this notice today. It is shown in blue. I have not had a chance to check it, but the format of this index is better than the one […]

On 29 October 2021, I said a Memorial Mass for G.I. Gurdjieff. I used the old Latin Missal, and said what is often called the “Tridentine Mass.” I used the […]

I am revisiting Beelzebub’s Tales to his Grandson, and in an almost complete academic article, I note that Gurdjieff saw it as objective art. Hence, on 21 October 1943, he […]