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Deliteralizing Christianity: Gurdjieff and Almznoshinoo
Correspondences, 2020 This essay addresses some of the references to Christianity presented in G.I. Gurdjieff’s magnum opus, Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson. Keeping in view the overarching themes of the conscious labor and intentional suffering (being-Partkdolg-duty) and ...
Michael Pittman
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The life mission theory VI. A theory for the human character: healing with holistic medicine through recovery of character and purpose of life. [PDF]
ScientificWorldJournal, 2004 The human character can be understood as an extension of the life mission or purpose of life, and explained as the primary tool of a person to impact others and express the purpose of life. Repression of the human character makes it impossible for a person to realize his personal mission in life and, therefore, is one of the primary causes of self ...
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Sens public, 2016 Gurdjieff, le fondateur de l’Institut pour le Développement Harmonique de l’Homme (1923), aujourd’hui remplacé par l’Institut Gurdjieff de Paris, arrêta toutes ses activités pour se consacrer pendant dix ans à une seule tâche : écrire. Cet article analyse son parcours et sa condition d’écrivain.
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The Learning of Ancient Languages as\ud (super)Human Effort [PDF]
, 2009 Problems around teaching ancient languages are discussed. It is suggested to assume that\ud learning and teaching of languages require some superhuman effort. Author’s experience of\ud teaching ancient languages and producing electronic educational tools
Zeps, Dainis
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Self-remembering: Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (1870-1949) & his legacy
, 2014 The subject of this thesis is the spiritual practices taught by Gurdjieff (1870-1949) and the legacy of these teachings in the major spiritual groups that have aspired to follow his path.
Nicholls-Parker, Joanna
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American Journal of Islam and Society, 2001 Finding Fran is a memoir of two women, once best friends, who take very different paths. The author is now a feminist history professor and her high school friend, Fran, is Noura-a Muslim living in Egypt Banner looks back on their lives to find out what ...
Gretchen Iman Meyer-Hoffman
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The Future Evolution of Consciousness [PDF]
, 2006 . What potential exists for improvements in the functioning of consciousness? The paper addresses this issue using global workspace theory. According to this model, the prime function of consciousness is to develop novel adaptive responses ...
Stewart, John E
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Science and Religion: Stepping Toward the Light at the Mouth of the Cave [PDF]
, 2012 In analyzing the dialogue between science and religion, the author finds that it is hampered by three semantic problems. The first denies, or at least undervalues, the two modes of knowing most apropos to religion: the emotional and the intuitive ...
Honeycutt, Richard
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Esotericism, Occultism, and Magic: The Case of Gurdjieff and Crowley
Correspondences, 2020 Is it possible to satisfactorily define the words “esotericism,” “occultism,” and “magic”? Do these terms have any utility? Can “esotericism” be understood without reference to a complement such as “exotericism”?
Joseph Azize
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[Review of] Thurman B. O\u27Daniel, ed. Jean Toomer: A Critical Evaluation [PDF]
, 1990 This volume of biographical and critical essays on the life and work of Jean Toomer is, as its Preface suggests, a comprehensive study. Its forty-six essays by thirty-nine scholars attest to its wide scope, and the extensive bibliography by the chief ...
Auser, Cortland P.
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