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In Issue 391 of the Batman magazine published by Editorial Novaro there is a Flash adventure titled "The Flash Stakes His Life On You." This comic is the most important literary argument of recent months. The Flash vs. Gurdjieff by Alejandro Jodorowsky. bonus craziness: The comics journal talks to
Alejandro Jodorowsky (Sample answer: "This question is too long and annoying for me. I stop to fart.")
posted by Artw
on Oct 6, 2011 -
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Touched By Your Presence, Dear: Ex-Blondie songwriter and bassist Gary Lachman (aka "Gary Valentine") blogs (and is interviewed) about his books on Jung, Steiner, Ouspensky, and Sixties mysticism, and his time spent toiling in the fields of Crowleyana and The Gurdjieff Work.
posted by darth_tedious
on Sep 14, 2010 -
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Our discussion of the human condition centers around a basic but seldom accepted or understood idea: We are "asleep", compared to what we could be. We are caught in illusions while thinking we are perceiving reality.On
Waking Up by
Charles Tart, who provided my introduction to
Gurdjieff. I am currently reading his
Living The Mindful Life. As a perusal of his site will reveal, he is interested as well in the psychedelic experience, altered states, the paranormal, psi, out-of-body experiences, near death experiences, remote viewing and the whole woo woo schmear. All these are of less interest to me. He does provide a good introduction to Gurdjieff, however. There are more links within.
posted by y2karl
on Jun 15, 2004 -
19 comments
Meet the
People of the
Peacock Angel, the
Yezidi. Theirs is a
religion and culture centered near Mosul, Iraq, as well as Syria, the Caucasus, the via the diaspora in Germany. Seclusive and secretive, the Yezidi have often been
maligned by outsiders due to
misinterpretations of the nature of their primary Deity, Malak Taus (once a rebel angel who recreated the world and doused the fires of hell with his tears).
Gurdjieff (pt.
I, pt.
II) may have been heavily influenced by
them. Unlike other middle-eastern religions, the
Yezidi have rejected dualism and, therefore, the ideas of sin and evil. Various versions float around of the
Black Book of the Yezidi and
other works that form
their sacred literature. Wars, political pogroms and proselytizing have placed this
beautiful, complex and misunderstood tradition in jeopardy.
posted by moonbird
on Jul 4, 2003 -
14 comments
George Ivanovich Gurdjieff. Charismatic and controversial, infamous for introducing the
enneagram, claimed by the
Sufis, linked to the little known
Yezidis, (More
here),
Gurdjieff--and his
school--have their detractors, whether
religious or
skeptic. His ideas can be
difficult , abstruse and are ultimately beside the point. His thesis can be reduced to
this: We are asleep, mere machines, acting from habit rather than volition. The goal then is to wake up and stay awake. And that is where the
Work comes in. ( A bit more within)
posted by y2karl
on Aug 6, 2002 -
20 comments
