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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Category: Reviews
An Introduction to the Maronite Faith
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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When God Spoke Greek (Part 1)
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 of Georges I. Gurdjieff, a review
Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff, a recording of a selection from Gurdjieff’s music, is played by the Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble, directed by Levon Eskenian. Issued in 2011 by ECM, […]
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In Search of the Sublime: Elton John
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?
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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Enchanting Modern: A Review
Enchanting Modern: Ilonka Karasz (1896-1981), Ashley Callahan, Georgia Museum of Art, 2003) The only disappointing feature of this beautiful book is that Ilonka Karasz’s status as a personal pupil of […]
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Attitudes
We cannot afford not to see and understand our own attitudes: they are absolutely critical in our lives. As Ouspensky said: “Our attitudes are like wires which connect us with […]
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Nature and Electricity
The late Dr John Lester (1919-1999) was a pupil of Gurdjieff and of Jane Heap; in fact, he was one of those closest to Jane. I am proud to say […]
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I Should Have Sent Roses
Sublime, poignant, elegiac: that is “I Should Have Sent Roses” from The Union, by Elton John and Leon Russell. In Gurdjieff-influenced terms, I would say that the person who wrote […]
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