Pogossian: The Captain

A Steamship Captain — as Pogossian supposedly became In Meetings With Remarkable Men, the chapter on Pogossian begins with the paragraph: Sarkis Pogossian, or as he is now called, Mr. X, is at the present time the owner of several ocean steamers, one of which,...

Hopi Sun-Christening

Mural of a Hopi Vision Child,High aloft you are held to the dawn,Naked,To feel the sun’s first rays.The welcoming god will come,LeapingOut of the under-world,To greet you, to bathe, to engulf youChild,Straining the brown arms                  of your...

Exploring the Mystery of Attention

The Attention of the Eagle Beyond Conditioning: The Mystery of Interior Sight There is a deep level of mystery that is discernible even in ordinary life. We can occasionally realize “what we are thinking,” occasionally recognize we are “lying to ourselves,” see our...

Issue #13

Subscribe Isssue #13 — June 2022 We always use more energy than is necessary, by using unnecessary muscles, by allowing thoughts to revolve and by reacting too much with feelings. ~ Gurdjieff The Circles of the Yezidis We are all Yezidis.According to Gurdjieff in...

Wild Geese

Geese Ascending From A Lake Far in the northwest stands a house,High is its tower in the clouds.Embroidered curtains are at the windows.The tower rises in three steps,and from the tower floats a song… A sad songwith a sad lute playing beside it.Who can the singer...