When Fr Yolland opens the package of all Dell’s worldly belongings he finds: … a neat pile of pyjamas—silk, for he felt them incredulously—a spotless collar, an Indian silk tie, […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
R.H. Benson, “The Sentimentalists,” 2
When Fr Yolland first glimpses the shadowy figure of Christopher Dell, the latter is striking a pose, and his mouth and chin “seemed tilted in a kind of tragic appeal.” […]
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R.H. Benson, “The Sentimentalists,” I
Robert Hugh Benson’s The Sentimentalists, was published in London by Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd., 1906. Pitman himself (1837-1897) invented Pitman shorthand, and distance education using the English postal […]
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Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, and the Evidence of “Tertium Organum”
The Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review has published my article “P. D. Ouspensky’s First Revision of Tertium Organum.” It is in the 2023 edition, volume 14 (1) 47-67. I think it is a […]
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Everything Has a Positive Alternative (Saturday 15 November 1986, Part IV)
This continues the transcript of the Weekend Work meeting of 15 November 1986 with Mr Adie. Janelle: I had quite an interesting morning. I was particularly helped by the two […]
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Trompf, “On the Origins of the Western Meditation Movement”
A very interesting study of meditation and contemplation in the Christian tradition was published by my colleague Professor Garry W. Trompf, one of the world’s leading scholars of religion. This […]
Read moreA Maronite Nativity Hymn
This hymn has been approved for liturgical use by the director of the Australian Musical Liturgical Commission.
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Recognising Freedom (Saturday 15 November 1986, Pt III)
This continues the earlier reports from this Weekend Work. The first person, Alberic, was not unknown to speak at great length and keep adding to his contribution, no matter what […]
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“Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer’
Part One In about 2011, HarperCollins published Norris J. Chumley’s Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer. It is not an uninteresting book, as a travelogue, but its value for me lies within […]
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Grossman: Assassination Generation (I)
Review, Lt Col. Dave Grossman, Assassination Generation: Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing, Little Brown and Company, NY (2016) 264 pp. This is a valuable book. It is […]
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