Issue #36

Issue #36 November 2024 "No elephant and no horse, even the donkey is mighty."~ Saying of Gurdjieff's FatherHi Last month we announced the new book by Stephen Aronson. It has now, today as I write this, become available. You can buy it by clicking this link or...

Issue #35

Issue #35 October 2024 "Individuality is the consciousness of Will."~ Alfred OrageHi We have two new books to announce. The first is the second book in the Side-by-side series which compares the published 1950 version of The Tales to The 1931 Manuscript. To buy it or...

Issue #34

Issue #34 August 2024 "Love comes in two ways, by remembering ourselves and by forgetting ourselves."~ Rodney CollinHi I have always been mesmerized by Guaguin's painting that bears the title: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (painted in...

Issue #33

Issue #33 August 2024 "Let your death be your advisor."~ Carlos CastanedaHi I have always been mesmerized by Guaguin's painting that bears the title: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (painted in 1897-1898). In my view, it is a religious painting...

Issue #32

Issue #32 July 2024 "Remorse: sorrow for not having acted according to objective conscience."~ OrageHi Because of a recent and interesting visit to a monastery in Germany, I decided to try to learn German. Nowadays there are many effective pieces of software that...

Issue #31

Issue #31 May 2024 "The whole Work is really a cosmos – everything in it depends on and explains everything else. It is only when one catches a glimpse of the whole that one feels an enormous wonder at a great purpose."~ Rodney CollinHi This newsletter was twice...

Issue #30

Issue #30 February 2024 "Regard what does not belong to you as if it did belong to you."~ GurdjieffHi I write this, as it were, in the shadow of Lent. I asked the Internet if there were a specific Lenten Prayer and it responded that there were several, including one...

Issue #29

Issue #29 December 2023 "A fully developed man represents the Universe in miniature."~ GurdjieffHi Seasons Greetings to you all. I've created a video montage to deliver such a message which you can view here: Christmas Greetings video The commercialism of Christmas...

Issue #28

Issue #28 November 2023 "Question yourself always. Be QUESTION!." ~ Gurdjieff Hi Are you concerned about global warming? The records tell us that the Earth's average temperature has increased by approximately 1 degree Celsius since the pre-industrial era (1850-1900),...

Issue #27

Issue #27 October 2023 "Common sense mellowed and experienced is wisdom; and wisdom in its ripeness is beauty."~ Orage"Hi How identified are you with the place where you were born? Does it figure in your personality? Do you have a strong attachment to the location...