The Sydney Morning Herald’s weekend edition of 17-18 September 2016, had an article titled: “Dramatic changes needed as childhood obesity normalised” (pp. 8-9). Sadly, one in five children in NSW […]
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Gurdjieff’s Emissary in New York (forthcoming)
Gurdjieff’s Emissary in New York: Talks and Lectures with A.R. Orage 1924-1931, Book Studio, (London?), 2017 (forthcoming) The cover depicts Gurdjieff and Orage in earnest conversation outside The Sunwise Turn […]
Read moreAfter the Preparation
This comes from the group meeting of Tuesday 1 April 1986. Someone remarked that after the preparation he often felt quite lost, and then he couldn’t carry out the task […]
Read moreHasnamuss Individuals (Part One)
I think that two understandings grow together: understanding of how we should develop in accordance with the divine plan, and how we should not. Traditionally, Christians have always studied both […]
Read moreMr Adie on the need to Practise the Movements
This is from a group meeting of 1 April 1986. A young man reported that in the Movements class earlier that evening, the way he took a movement had been […]
Read morePurgatory
One of the teachings of the Catholic faith, which we Maronites share, and which has always seemed to me to be absolutely true is the doctrine of Purgatory. I have […]
Read moreAn Undated Gurdjieff Group Meeting
Although a number of transcripts of Gurdjieff’s group meetings during the 1940s have been gathered in one volume (Transcripts of Gurdjieff’s Meetings 1941-1946 2nd revised & enlarged edition), one important […]
Read moreRepairing the Past
I began this blog with the intention of writing something quite specific about repairing the past. As I came to the middle of it, I found that the train of […]
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