Issue #36 November 2024
“No elephant and no horse, even the donkey is mighty.”
~ Saying of Gurdjieff’s Father
Hi
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 directly from Amazon if you prefer.
We began the new English-German Tales Study Group at the beginning of November and we have now had three meetings. It’s a little early to say too much about how it’s panning, except that the dual language idea has proved to be a good one. There are indeed some differences of meaning between the English and German texts – as there inevitably should be between two different languages, but it is too soon to say how profound they are. To register for this study group click this link.
Oh, and, Happy Thanksgiving to our American readership.
Sincerely
RB
Queen Mab
O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you.
She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes
In shape no bigger than an agate stone
On the forefinger of an alderman,
Drawn with a team of little atomies
Over men’s noses as they lie asleep.
Her wagon spokes made of long spinners’ legs,
The Holy Planet Purgatory
In The Tales, the Holy Planet Purgatory serves as home to a unique category of beings – the higher being-bodies or “souls” who have achieved remarkable levels of objective reason but nevertheless find themselves in a paradoxical state of spiritual limbo. These inhabitants having attained the highest possible level of reason attainable by three-brained beings remain unable to ascend to their intended ultimate destination – the Most Most Holy Sun Absolute.
Working On Oneself
The Work is not about behavioral change it is about psychological change, particularly changing attitudes.
Our daily life and our occupation are just dreams we identify with.
Understanding what we are comes gradually as we recognize sleep and our mechanicalness.
We are given knowledge, which serves as ideas and a force to handle mechanical life as well as nourishment for developing …
Okidanokh
The “Omnipresent-Active-Element”, Okidanokh is the most fundamental cosmic substance that emanates from the Sun Absolute. It plays an essential role in the creation and maintenance of everything in the Universe. The word, of Gurdjieff’s invention, most likely means “that which gives a soul.”
Okidanokh obtains its prime arising from the three holy sources of the sacred Theomertmalogos
⥫ GURDJIEFF OSKIANO ⥭
Evolution in Objective Science
by Robin Bloor
