Diapsalmata

What is a poet? An unhappy man who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so fashioned that when sighs and groans pass across them, they sound like beautiful music. His fate resembles that of the unhappy men who were slowly roasted over a gentle...

Kundabuffer

Some believe that kundabuffer was implanted by an operation carried out on mankind at the very beginning—when three-brained beings first peopled the planet Earth. It’s an opinion you could acquire if you take The Tales literally.I suspect otherwise. What is...

What is Objective Science?

It is important to understand from the getgo that the basic tenets of objective science do not align with those of contemporary science. It needs to be accepted without compromise by those who wish to study and apply objective science. We are suggestible. It is a...

Reading Skills and The Tales

“I have buried in this book certain bones, so that certain dogs with great curiosity and strong scent may dig down to them and, strange thing, when they have done so, are men.” ~ George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff That’s the beguiling promise Gurdjieff made. Quite...

The Camel Seeker

If you have lost a camel and sought it busily, how could you not know, when you find it, that it is yours? What is that straying camel? You have lost a she-camel: she has fled from your herd into a veil of concealment. The caravaneers have begun to load, but your...