by Robin Bloor | Dec 28, 2022 | Objective Science, The Lost Herald
The Defiance of Gravity Einstein theorized that gravity was not a force, but a property of space. This sounds bizarre, and, in my view, it is both bizarre and incorrect. Nevertheless Einstein’s theory of gravitation can be intellectually supported using the...
by Robin Bloor | Dec 27, 2022 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
Hypnotic Trance The following is a record of a lecture on hypnosis given by Gurdjieff in Tiflis “In Europe, hypnotism is much spoken about and much used in medical treatment. However the knowledge of it is very superficial which explains the frequently...
by Robin Bloor | Dec 27, 2022 | Readings, The Lost Herald
Like This, Like This. Like This If anyone asks you how the perfect satisfactionof all our sexual wanting will look,lift your face and say,“Like this.” When someone mentions the gracefulness of the night sky,climb up on the roofand dance and say,“Like this.” If anyone...
by Robin Bloor | Dec 27, 2022 | Issue, The Lost Herald
Subscribe Issue #18 December 2022 “People’s whole lives often consist in paying off the promissory notes of small accidental I’s.” ~Gurdjieff Gurdjieff’s Birthday? The passport above gives his Gurdjieff’s birth date as the 28th December 1877...
by Robin Bloor | Nov 28, 2022 | Issue, The Lost Herald
Subscribe Issue #17 November 2022 “All creation, all forms of art, were originally instruments of knowledge.” ~Gurdjieff Accident, Karma, Fate, Will False personality, the false idea of oneself that we gradually assemble as we grow, falls under the law of accident....
by Robin Bloor | Nov 28, 2022 | Objective Science, The Lost Herald
The Effort of Effort In In Search of the Miraculous Gurdjieff is quoted as saying “Ordinary efforts do not count. Only super- efforts count.” He then explains … “A very important role in the human machine is played by a certain kind of...
by Robin Bloor | Nov 28, 2022 | Objective Science, The Lost Herald
The “Future” Horizon The various levels of man can be represented in a table as shown below: Ray of Creation Element Hydrogen Level Law Sun (sol) Fire H12 Essence/Soul Will Planets (fa) Air H24 Essence Fate Earth (mi) Water H48 Personality...
by Robin Bloor | Nov 27, 2022 | Tales Study, The Lost Herald
The Self-calmer in Action Beelzebub refers to self-calming as our inner ‘Evil-God.’ As with many things in The Tales self-calming is mentioned several times—being introduced on page 104 in the following way, when Beelzebub is discussing suggestibility. He...
by Robin Bloor | Nov 27, 2022 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Laughing Pomegranate When you go to buy a pomegranateChoose the one that’s laughing, the one with the split rind,For its laughter reveals the seeds within. Blessed is the pomegranate’s laughter.lt gives voice to the heart inside, just asThe cracked shell of the...
by Robin Bloor | Oct 24, 2022 | Issue, The Lost Herald
Subscribe Issue #16 October 2022 “Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.” ~Gurdjieff The Germans “Now, my boy, wishing to give you a certain understanding of the peculiar psyche of the three-brained beings of this...