by Stephen Aronson | Sep 28, 2022 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
The Harmony of Nature I realize it is morning. I am lying in bed. My body is relaxed, warm, comfortable. I am aware of the feeling of, “I don’t want to get up”. I don’t necessarily hear the words in my head, but I know I don’t want to get out of bed. I don’t need...
by Robin Bloor | Sep 28, 2022 | Tales Study, The Lost Herald
The Man in the Shadows According to Gurdjieff in The Tales, the following seven impulses are the impulses that drive the Hasnamuss: Every kind of depravity, conscious as well as unconscious The feeling of self-satisfaction from leading others astray The irresistible...
by Robin Bloor | Sep 28, 2022 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Fading of the Golden Age Jupiter and his Olympians did not always dwell amid the clouds in their mountain kingdom. In times long gone a glorious family of Titans lived there and ruled our world. There were twelve; six brothers and six sisters. They believed that...
by Robin Bloor | Sep 28, 2022 | Issue, The Lost Herald
Subscribe Issue #15 September 2022 “ To speak the truth one must know what the truth is and what a lie is, and first of all in oneself. And this nobody wants to know.” ~Gurdjieff The Trogoautoegocrat When I first encountered the concept Trogoautoegocrat I thought of...
by Robin Bloor | Aug 3, 2022 | Issue, The Lost Herald
Subscribe Issue #14 July/August 2022 Never will he understand the sufferings of another, who has not experienced them himself, though he have divine Reason and the nature of a genuine devil! ~Gurdjieff The Trogoautoegocrat When I first encountered the concept...
by Robin Bloor | Jul 18, 2022 | The Lost Herald
A Detail of the Trogoautoegocrat, on Earth When I first encountered the concept Trogoautoegocrat I thought of it simplistically. Sure, reciprocal feeding. Sure everything feeds on something. And that’s (maybe) how the whole universe works. Bear and Salmon The...
by Robin Bloor | Jul 18, 2022 | Tales Study, The Lost Herald
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,...
by Robin Bloor | Jul 18, 2022 | Readings, The Lost Herald
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...
by Stephen Aronson | Jul 18, 2022 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
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...
by Robin Bloor | Jun 29, 2022 | Issue, The Lost Herald
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...