The Anode and The Cathode

The Veins of Mankind Increasing evidence suggests that the universe is interconnected by plasma flows, ionic matter that moves between galactic clusters, galaxies, solar systems, and even between planets and moons. This view challenges the long-standing assumption...

Reflections of Jane Heap

Sketch of Jane Heap (from photo) The just-published book of Sayings From The Gurdjieff Work  includes a chapter of maxims from Jane Heap, most of which were gathered from here notes. Jane had a memorable and often profound way of expressing herself.  Here are twenty...

Damascus Steel

A Damascus Sword-maker It was not purity but impuritythat lent strength to these swords,ingots of iron with carbontraced in tungsten and vanadium. Folds upon folds ran through each blade,rivers of darkness and lightshimmering like moonbeams on water. Stronger and...

Issue #19

Subscribe Issue #19 January 2023 “The way of the real man is that of the warrior, the one who undertakes war on all levels, and, firstly, the war against himself.” ~Gurdjieff The False Version of The Tales For the sake of discouraging those who might actually try to...

The Two Spirits

A Contest of Two Spirits The following is a record of a lecture, entitled Two Spirits, given by Gurdjieff It is said in some ancient teachings that on the day God created man he also created for each man two spirits — the spirit of good and the spirit of evil,...

The False Version of The Tales

A Masquerade of a Kind The book, To Fathom The Gist, Vol 2 – The Arch Absurd devotes about 20 pages to analysis of and discussion of the awful revised version of The Tales, pointing out the many ways in which it damages Gurdjieff’s masterpiece. I was recently...

The Secrets of The Self – Asking

The Self in Hiding The Self is weakened by asking. O thou who hast gathered taxes from lions,Thy need hath caused thee to become a fox in disposition.Thy maladies are the result of indigence:This disease is the source of thy pain.It is robbing thine high thoughts of...

The Blood of the Universe

Electricity/Plasma Flow as the Blood of The Universe The fact that many people in The Work give credence to the theories of modern science, particularly the ridiculous theories of astrophysics, is sad. Did they not read Beelzebub? Anyway, it has caused me to provide a...

Gurdjieff’s Birthday

Gurdjieff’s International Passport Issued by The German Consulate in New York The passport above gives his Gurdjieff’s birth date as the 28th December 1877 — the year 1877 is one of the three birth years about which Gurdjieff’s biographers debate....