Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) wrote the striking novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937). I am perhaps even more impressed by her autobiography, Dust Tracks on a Road (1942). She strikes me […]
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Month: April 2024
Veni Sancte Spiritus and Ancient Knowledge
I wonder if the Latin sequence, Veni Sancte Spiritus may not be from ancient knowledge. It is a traditional Catholic hymn in a rhyming metre, which was numbered among the […]
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Negative Imagination (20 September 1988)
Gurdjieff often spoke of the dangers of uncontrolled imagination. So far as I can see, it was Ouspensky who formulated the concept of “negative imagination.” In this first exploration of […]
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R.H. Benson, “The Sentimentalists,” 5
The next section begins with Dell complacently arriving in the countryside for a splendidly luxurious holiday with Fr Yolland’s wealthy father. The moment Dell sees the elderly Mr Yolland, he […]
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Taking an Interest in the Washing Up
Why do we not take more interest in the washing-up? It is a regular daily activity, and occupies some time. Purely from a pragmatic perspective, it would be of benefit […]
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Thinking Long Thoughts
One work weekend, Mr Adie gave us a theme which he had first learnt from Ouspensky: to think long thoughts. He said that it was one of “those mysterious things […]
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“The Plan Is Good: Selected Writings by Annie Lou Staveley, A Student of Gurdjieff”
“The divine plan is the never-ending wish of the Creator for the evolution of being.” (54) With this volume of posthumously collected ideas, we may follow Mrs Staveley as she […]
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“The Triad of Man,” “Work before you Eat,” 16 March 1988
At the combined meeting of Wednesday 16 March 1988, Mr Adie read the following notes he had made. Man, as he is as he is born, is only an […]
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