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Esotericism

Esotericism (XXXVII): Gurdjieff’s “mission” (3)

By Νικόδημος

8 March 2018

1. After stopping in August 1924 the activities at the Prieuré that constituted the teaching of the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man, after his terrible car-accident ...

Esotericism

Esotericism (XXXVI): Gurdjieff’s “mission” (2)

By Νικόδημος

2 March 2018

1. I dealt in an earlier paper Esotericism (XXXI): Gurdjieff’s successors (2): JG Bennett with G’s mission, as seen at least by John Bennett, who was initially appointed ...

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Esotericism (XXXV): Gurdjieff’s sources (3): Fragments & Whole

By Νικόδημος

28 February 2018

1. Let me today examine some more affinities between G’s teaching and the Vedic Tradition in India. The Vedic Tradition starts with the sūktas ‘hymns’ of the Ṛgveda ...

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Esotericism (XXXIV): Gurdjieff’s Sources (2)

By Νικόδημος

24 February 2018

1. Let me repeat again that we have no means of ascertaining the immediate sources of G’s teaching and that it is very probable that he had direct ...

Esotericism

Esotericism (XXXIII): Gurdjieff’s sources

By Νικόδημος

22 February 2018

1. In this paper I focus on G’s sources – and John Bennett’s blinding blunders. G mentions in his own writings the community of Sarmoun (Sarmān o Sarmoung) ...

Esotericism

Esotericism (XXXII): Gurdjieff’s “mission”

By Νικόδημος

16 February 2018

1. I find it difficult to understand G’s “mission” about which so much fuss has been created by successors and students. It is equally difficult to understand why ...

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Esotericism (XXXI): Gurdjieff’s successors (2): JG Bennett

By Νικόδημος

14 February 2018

1. I met John G. Bennett in the very late 1950’s at his “ashram” Coombe Springs just outside London and, possibly, twice afterwards. We spoke in Greek as ...

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Esotericism (XXX): Gurdjieff’s successors?

By Νικόδημος

9 February 2018

1. Many appeared as G’s successors after G’s death in 1949. We shall examine the inevitable proliferation later. In this my first paper on the subject, I start with ...

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Esotericism (XXIX): Gurdjieff’s magic? (3): Hulme and Sinclair

By Νικόδημος

7 February 2018

1. Kathryn Hulme acquired fame with her semi-autobiographical novel A Nun’s Story (1956) which was made into a film. She and her dear friend, “little milliner” Wendy, went ...

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Esotericism (XXVIII): Gurdjieff’s magic? (2)

By Νικόδημος

2 February 2018

1. After August 1916 and the telepathic communication which Gurdjieff sparked off in Ouspensky in Finland, such experiences were not repeated. Neither G nor O, nor any of ...

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Esotericism

Esotericism (XXXVII): Gurdjieff’s “mission” (3)

Esotericism (XXXVI): Gurdjieff’s “mission” (2)

Esotericism (XXXV): Gurdjieff’s sources (3): Fragments & Whole

Esotericism (XXXIV): Gurdjieff’s Sources (2)

Esotericism (XXXIII): Gurdjieff’s sources

Esotericism (XXXII): Gurdjieff’s “mission”

Esotericism (XXXI): Gurdjieff’s successors (2): JG Bennett

Esotericism (XXX): Gurdjieff’s successors?

Esotericism (XXIX): Gurdjieff’s magic? (3): Hulme and Sinclair

Esotericism (XXVIII): Gurdjieff’s magic? (2)

Φιλοσοφια

Φιλ930: Περί κακού

Φιλ929: Βεδάν-τα και μέθοδος (3)

Φιλ928: Βεδάντα και μέθοδος (2)

Φιλ927: Βεδάν-τα και μέθοδος

Φιλ926: Τετράπτυχο catuṣpād (2)

Ταυτοτητα

T389: Αντι-Επαναστάτες

Τ388: Μωάμεθ (3)

Τ387: Μωάμεθ (2)

Τ386: Ονορέ Ντε Μπαλζάκ

Τ385: Μωάμεθ ο προφήτης

Ψυχολογια

Ψ301: “Εγώ Είμαι” και σιωπή

Ψ300: Καθήκον

Ψ299: Ο φόβος του φόβου τον φόβο προκαλεί

Ψ298: Ξεπέρασμα του ηγετικού εγωισμού;

Ψ297: Εγωισμός και πολλά «εγώ»

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