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...

Issue #26

Issue #26 August/September 2023 "Common sense mellowed and experienced is wisdom; and wisdom in its ripeness is beauty."~ Orage"Hi Many things make it impossible for us to perceive reality directly. We have limits. Our hearing operates only in a small band of...

Issue #25

Issue #25 July/August 2023 "Never visit someone only to pass the time."~ Gurdjieff"Hi I'm fascinated by the idea that the media represents (or perhaps is) the collective thought processes, both smart and dumb, of mankind. Looking at it this way, we can depict mankind...

Issue #24

Issue #24 June/July 2023 "The teaching is outside of all religious dogma, outside of all politics. Never talk about such."~ Gurdjieff  Hi Now that the 2nd and 3rd Series Study Groups have completed examining Gurdjieff's later books, we have decided to embark on a...

Issue #23

Issue #23 May/June 2023 "Without trouble, conflict, life become dead. People live in status quo, live only by habit, automatically and without conscience."~ Gurdjieff  Hi We enter June, and the Summer Solstice will soon be upon us. Modern Druids will assemble at...

Issue #22

Issue #22 April/May 2023 "Three parts to every job: preparation, doing it, cleaning up."~ Jane HeapHi There is a difference in the public holidays between the US and Europe which, in my view, favors Europe. In the US, aside from Christmas Day and New Year's Day, the...

Issue #21

Issue #21 March 2023 "Lies and fears — this is the atmosphere in which an ordinary man lives.” ~GurdjieffHi For me, March is a month dominated by Lent. It begins on Ash Wednesday, which falls either in February or March. On that Wednesday, Christians have ashes...