by Robin Bloor | Apr 28, 2025 | Issue, The Lost Herald
Subscribe Issue #41 Apr 2025 “Man learns in three ways: Competition, Example and Magnetism.” ~Jane Heap In The Tales (on page 919), writing about America, Gurdjieff says: “On the other hand, with the trades and ‘professions’ indispensable...
by Robin Bloor | Apr 28, 2025 | Readings, The Lost Herald
Pondering The Riddle The Riddle I am each and all of these;A king of liars, a prince of thieves,A weary soldier seeking peace,A jealous soul, a righteous priest,A clown, a fool, an artisan,Midnight cowboy, mystic man. A joyrider that journeys far,I ride the...
by Robin Bloor | Apr 28, 2025 | Objective Science, The Lost Herald
The Sword-Billed Hummingbird The Sword-billed Hummingbird is a native of the Andes. You find it in Peru, Colombia, Venezuala and Equador. Hummingbirds are remarkable among bird species – being able to fly backwards, possessing a heart that can beat 1200 times per...
by Robin Bloor | Apr 28, 2025 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
The Paradox of Silence On Inner Silence The Work advocates “Inner Silence.” It means ignoring inner chatter: the stream of automatic, often negative, internal commentary. This naturally leads to suppressing outer chatter, particularly gossip and...
by Robin Bloor | Apr 28, 2025 | Tales Study, The Lost Herald
Jean Toomer at his Desk A very old version of The Tales, or better put, a partial draft version of The Tales has emerged. It is an edited version of parts of The Tales that Jean Toomer worked on back in the 1920s. It was rescued from waste-bin or fire and personally...
by Robin Bloor | Mar 25, 2025 | Issue, The Lost Herald
Subscribe Issue #40 Mar 2025 “The strangest and most fantastic fact about negative emotions is that people actually worship them.” ~Peter Ouspensky Hi Spring officially began a handful of days ago on March 20th. It was a biological dawn, a delicate...
by Robin Bloor | Mar 24, 2025 | Objective Science, The Lost Herald
A Merger of a KInd Was It a Hostile or Consensual Merger? Eukaryotes were originally single-celled microbes floating around in the primordial soup – genuine but primitive microcosmoses. They are hugely important because their cellular architecture underpins all...
by Robin Bloor | Mar 24, 2025 | Readings, The Lost Herald
Drinking Alone Li Bai (also known as Li Po or Li Tai-po) was one of the most celebrated and influential poets in the entire history of Chinese literature. He lived during the Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE), which proved to be a golden age for Chinese poetry. His poems are...
by Robin Bloor | Mar 24, 2025 | Tales Study, The Lost Herald
In Trouble in a Diving Suit In the chapter, The Arch-preposterous, (p158), we read the following account of how Beelzebub almost died while assisting Gornahoor Harharkh in one of his experiments. It is notable, for many reasons, not least of which for the description...
by Robin Bloor | Mar 24, 2025 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
In Search of Being The Enigma of Being The concept of “being,” as presented in the Work, is a complex and multifaceted idea. It defies simple definitions. It’s stated that “your being attracts your life,” a phrase awash with layers of...