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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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Where is My Attention? [PDF]

, 2020
Attention is the key to all learning. Indeed, it is what will save our lives on a daily basis. In all my Communication courses, it is one of the first things I put forward as a question that students may ask of themselves as a check on their “internal ...
Levenson-Andrews, Robin B.
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Critical Thinking in the Age of Expanded Telepathy and Brain-Computer Interface (BCI)

IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies
Unveiling a world of expanded telepathy, the study investigates the convergence of cosmological awareness and brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies.
Luciano Zubillaga
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Mary Poppins and the Soviet pilgrimage: P.L. Travers's Moscow excursion (1934) [PDF]

, 2012
Like the journey it chronicles, Moscow Excursion, P.L.Travers’s account of her 1932 visit to Russia, was in part inspired by the genre it effectively parodies: the ‘Soviet pilgrimage’ ‘truth about Russia’ narrative characteristic of the Stalin decades ...
McNair, John
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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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Finding Fran

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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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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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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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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