Way back in 2004, in Sunday Talks at Coombe Springs: Practical Themes for Human Transformation, Ken Pledge and a team published some 41 talks which Bennett had delivered at Coombe […]
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Bennett, “The Masters of Wisdom”
I have mentioned that I am preparing a plan for a serious, quality volume on the late John G. Bennett. I cannot say I have even commenced the book: apart […]
Read moreBennett: Journeys in Islamic Countries (Pt I)
Part One I have already mentioned that, together with some friends, I have been planning a serious book on J.G. Bennett, written to traditional academic standards. As part of my […]
Read moreOrage’s Commentaries (Pt IV)
Part One Some of the material in Orage’s Commentaryis quite extraordinary. None of it is bad, but as I say, some of it is rather astounding. That applies to what […]
Read more“The Enneagram of G.I. Gurdjieff”
In previous posts I have mentioned the work of Christian Wertenbaker. In this one, I review his book The Enneagram of G.I. Gurdjieff: Mathematics, Metaphysics, Music, and Meaning, published in 2017 by […]
Read moreReview of Roger Lipsey’s “Gurdjieff Reconsidered” (Pt II)
N.B. I revised this review on 13 January 2024, trimming a few words here and there, but leaving it basically unchanged. Although many people I know and esteem intensely disliked this […]
Read moreReview of Roger Lipsey’s “Gurdjieff Reconsidered” (Part One)
N.B. I revised this review on 13 January 2024, trimming a few words here and there, but leaving it basically unchanged. Although many people I know and esteem intensely disliked this […]
Read moreWhat Did Jesus Look Like?
This interesting hardcover book won’t tell you what the Lord looked like, but it will tell you five things about his appearance: (1) what he most probably wore; (2) what […]
Read more“John Who Saw”
There is a little-known, but very interesting book called John Who Saw by the English lawyer Adrian Howell North Green-Armytage (who must be deceased by now). It is admittedly a layman’s […]
Read moreJ.H. Newman, Rise and Progress of Universities (Part II)
Chapter VII of Newman’s Rise and Progress of Universities is titled “Athenian Schools: Influence.” This entire post is devoted to it, because Newman makes the invaluable point that we need virtue […]
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