http://gurdjieff-books.net/blog Books related to G. I Gurdjieff and the Fourth Way Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:22:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en HE DOESN'T PASS LIKE A SHADOW He Doesn’t Pass Like A Shadow Part One In this post, I wish to try and bring something which may be of continuing practical value, although it is perhaps most accessible to those in Gurdjieff groups. In June 1980 the Adies set their groups a task: submit ... http://gurdjieff-books.net/blog/?p=140 He Doesn’t Pass Like A Shadow Part One In this post, I wish to try and bring something which may be of continuing practical value, although it is perhaps most accessible to those in Gurdjieff groups. In June 1980 the Adies set their groups a task: submit a written report, retaining for ... http://gurdjieff-books.net/blog/?p=139 . . . George Adie a Gurdjieff Pupil in Australia (322 pages with 82 black and white photographs) is available to purchase from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Price $49.00 plus shipping charges. £24.99 plus shipping charges Bookshops in the UK and Europe can order the book at a trade discount via the FourCorners Book agency contact Charlotte ... http://gurdjieff-books.net/blog/?p=116 A Short Review of Michel Conge’s Book by John Robert Colombo About a year ago I heard rumours that "a book as important as ‘Fragments’" had been published in France, was being translated into English, and would soon be published in Canada. I assumed that this was no more than a ... http://gurdjieff-books.net/blog/?p=135 . . . . . . . . A "Sacred Web" of Perennialism, Gurdjieff, Theosophy, Etc. A review of two issues of the journal "Sacred Web" by John Robert Colombo Late last week there arrived in the mail not one issue but two issues of "Sacred Web." This publication is – in the words of its subtitle – "A Journal ... http://gurdjieff-books.net/blog/?p=133 A revisionist scholarly view offered by John Robert Colombo When I saw a publisher’s advertisement for Young Stalin, written by the young Cambridge historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, I immediately thought, "I wonder if he has anything to say about G.I. Gurdjieff?" I am now in a position to answer that question. ... http://gurdjieff-books.net/blog/?p=123 R. M. BUCKE John Robert Colombo explores the origin of the term "cosmic consciousness" and discusses the contributions of R.M. Bucke and Edward Carpenter The notion of cosmic consciousness is associated with Richard Maurice Bucke, the Canadian alienist and theorist of alternative states of consciousness. Bucke may or may not have been ... http://gurdjieff-books.net/blog/?p=121 JR Colombo looks at Atheism & Consciousness in the light of Sam Harris's The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason (N.Y./London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2004) Atheism & Consciousness For some years now the mass media has been reflecting the existence of what might be called the "atheism ... http://gurdjieff-books.net/blog/?p=120 In Search of Inner Octaves John Robert Colombo’s Commentary on an Important Book by Michel Conge Students of the Fourth Way are no doubt familiar with the name and reputation of Michel Conge (1912-1984), the French physician and senior student of the Work. Following the death of Mr. Gurdjieff in 1949, Madame de Salzmann ... http://gurdjieff-books.net/blog/?p=119 The Video called "Gurdjieff" A Review by John Robert Colombo The Paris-based Institut G.I. Gurdjieff authorized the production of a video in DVD format titled, simply, "Georgi Ivanovitch Gurdjieff." It is described as the first video in a projected series of three disks under the general title "Les Chercheurs de Vérité / ... http://gurdjieff-books.net/blog/?p=118