Gurdjieff and Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy, An Artist’s Impression From Photographs The chapter from Beelzebub’s Tales entitled “The First Growl” paints a satirical portrait of an author’s attempt to write a new version of the “Gospel” for fame and profit....

The Holy Planet Purgatory

Purgatory, An Artists Conception 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...

What is Etherokrilno?

The Ether Permeates The Universe We intend, in a series of articles to investigate fundamental aspects of Gurtdjieff’s description of the Universe according to the text of The Tales. In particular, we intend to examine Etherokrilno and Okidanokh. Gurdjieff...

The Climax of The Tales

A Stag with a Full Set of Horns – A Pirmaral perhaps Why Do We Ignore The Exercise at the Climax of The Tales? 1 Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson  is Gurdjieff’s towering masterpiece. 2 He spent years writing and refining it as he watched students listen to it...

Ahoon: Beelzebub’s Personality

Statue of an old man – By Alfred Molon.  In a study group quite a while ago, one of the groups suggested that Ahoon was actually Beelzebub’s personality. It seemed to be a good suggestion – one which has only seems to get stronger the more you think...