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Major and minor keys: critical essays on Philippine fiction and poetry - Google Books Result http://tinyurl.com/yl6426c
jenifjj12l (Jenifer Bowen) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:26:52 -0000
Major and minor keys: critical essays on Philippine fiction and poetry - Google Books Result http://tinyurl.com/yl6426c
Currently reading 2 books: Makers by @doctorow and a collection of agrarian essays by Wendell Berry. Somehow it makes sense.
megnut (Meg Hourihan) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:58:39 -0000
Currently reading 2 books: Makers by @doctorow and a collection of agrarian essays by Wendell Berry. Somehow it makes sense.
Essays, moral, economical, and political - Google Books Result http://tinyurl.com/yaqngmz
letiti8i95 (Letitia Allen) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:39:13 -0000
Essays, moral, economical, and political - Google Books Result http://tinyurl.com/yaqngmz
Bout to hit the books and now that nikkaz left da brib i kan get to it: (3 essays, 2 journals, and 1 research paper)
MsMiisFiit (Yuzie Archille) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:33:09 -0000
Bout to hit the books and now that nikkaz left da brib i kan get to it: (3 essays, 2 journals, and 1 research paper)
Kevin and I hate essays. Especially about dumb books. Grr.
danceeallxnight (Leslie O'Neill) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:58:58 -0000
Kevin and I hate essays. Especially about dumb books. Grr.
@bonnoman tao te ching, the illustrated atlas of the human body, dresden books by jim butcher, and rereading some ayn rand essays.
serialyze (Bliss) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:18:50 -0000
@bonnoman tao te ching, the illustrated atlas of the human body, dresden books by jim butcher, and rereading some ayn rand essays.
Sufism - Articles by and about Gurdjieff and the work. Includes interviews with presentday followers of the Fourth Way, stories, poems and links.
Meta Description: [ Articles on Gurdjieff's Fourth Way and the spiritual path in Islam: Sufism. ]
An article on G.I. Gurdjieff - Contains a short biography and teachings, book presentations and links.
Meta Description: [ G.I. Gurdjieff: Biography, teachings, links. ]
Authentic Breathing Resources - Apart from focusing on breathing, Dennis Lewis' website contains articles and books on the Fourth Way based on his studies.
Meta Description: [ Authentic Breathing Resources explores the relationship of breathing, breath, and breathing problems to health, healing, and self-realization. Provides breathing and breathwork exercises, techniques, practices, articles, meditations, books on how to breathe in a natural, healthy way. ]
Call No Man Master by Joyce Collin-Smith - Online book for reading or download. This important work by Rodney Collin's sister-in-law has been out of print and unavailable for many years.
Meta Description: [ This is the fascinating story of a woman's life and spiritual search that touches on all the great esoteric moments of the last century. Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, her brother-in-law Rodney Collin, and other spiritual supermen fired Joyce Collin-Smith's imagination from a young age and she literally '... ]
Changes in G. I. Gurdjieff's Teaching 'The Work' - A paper presented by Dr Sophia Wellbeloved at The 2001 Conference organized by Cesnur and Inform in London.
Meta Description: [ Changes in G. I. Gurdjieffs Teaching The Work, a paper presented by Dr Sophia Wellbeloved (London) at The 2001 Conference organized by CESNUR and INFORM in London ]
Essays on Gurdjieff and Wim Nyland - Essays about G.I. Gurdjieff from a long-time student of the Work who was formerly a student of Wim Nyland.
Meta Description: [ Terry Winter Owens' Essays on Gurdjieff and Wim Nyland ]
G.I. Gurdjieff and Wilhelm Reich - Introducing a merger with The Fourth Way and Orgonomy in becoming more conscious and sharing the experiences encountered in daily life.
Gilgamesh Publishing - Gurdjieff in a new approach.
Meta Description: [ Enneagram, Gurdjieff, Fourth Way, Eneagrama, Quarto Caminho, Cuarto Camino. ]
Gurdjieff - A Reading Guide - Edited by J. Walter Driscoll; articles on Gurdjieff's lectures, the Movements, music and other subjects. Includes a bibliography and a presentation of Gurdjieff's writings.
Meta Description: [ This edition of the Gurdjieff Reading Guide contains a retrospective anthology of forty-three articles, some originally published here, and others dating as far back as 1919. These provide an independent survey of the literature by or about George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (1866?-1949) and offer a wid... ]
Gurdjieff Ideas - Provides information about the Gurdjieff work and links to Foundation groups in the USA and elsewhere. Suggested reading and viewing lists of related to the work are given.
Meta Description: [ Links to Gurdjieff Foundations, Excerpts from texts by John Pentland, Jenne de Salzmann, P.D. Ouspensky, Ruth Cooke and others ]
Gurdjieffian.net - Links to books for sale, online articles and organizations. Also a list of events.
Meta Description: [ Gurdjieff Portal ]
Institute for the Development of the Harmonious Human Being - Offering tools for transformation, higher consciousness, attention, Gurdjieff, Fourth Way, books, CDs, music, videos, talks, art and online training.
Interview with Charles Tart - Transcript of interview Self Observation from Thinking Allowed series.
Meta Description: [ A transcript from the series Thinking Allowed, Conversations On the Leading Edge of Knowledge and Discovery, with Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove. ]
Interview with Colin Wilson - Transcript of interview The High and the Low from Thinking Allowed series.
Meta Description: [ A transcript from the series Thinking Allowed, Conversations On the Leading Edge of Knowledge and Discovery, with Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove. ]
Interview with Kathleen Speeth - Transcript of interview The Gurdjieff Work from Thinking Allowed series.
Meta Description: [ A transcript from the series Thinking Allowed, Conversations On the Leading Edge of Knowledge and Discovery, with Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove. ]
Introduction to George Gurdjieff - Articles on various aspects on Gurdjieff and his teachings with links to other sites.
Jan Cox - Jan Cox, teacher, writer, philosopher gives direct methods for unlocking the Secret of Secrets. Daily news, books, audios and videos.
Kevin Langdon - Contains his essays, lectures, and reviews on Gurdjieff's teaching. Site includes some useful links related to the Gurdjieff work.
Mary Poppins, Gurdjieff and Fundamentalism - Pamela Travers, Gurdjieff, and the rhetoric of fundamentalism. Written by Massimo Introvigne. A paper at All Everything Conference in 1996, the year Pamela Travers died.
Meta Description: [ Mary Poppins and Pamela Travers discussed by Massimo Introvigne in their relationship with Gurdjieff, with a curious reaction by fundamentalists. ]
Meetings With a Remarkable Paradox - An article by Richard Smoley on the historical Gurdjieff and his teachings. Originally published in Gnosis magazine.
Morning of the Magicians - Review of Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier's book, Morning of the Magicians, by R. T. Gault.
Nathan Bernier - The Fourth Way Revisited - Nathan Bernier writes about self-development, esoterism and sacred geometry, in terms of the Fourth Way and the philosophy of Gurdjieff, always searching for a new approach.
Meta Description: [ Nathan Bernier writes about self-development, esoterism and sacred geometry, using the Enneagram according to the Fourth Way and the teachings of Gurdjieff. ]
On the Fourth Way: Essays on the Ideas of Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, and Collin - John Raithel's essays based on the ideas of G. I. Gurdjieff, P. D. Ouspensky, and Rodney Collin.
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P. D. Ouspensky: In Search of the Miraculous - Selected texts and notes by Bonnie Lee Hill.
Studies of the Inner Being - Extracts from, and transcripts of, lectures and tapes by Dr Robert Dr Bob Gibson, also known as Rhondell, a teacher in the work tradition. Includes practical concepts, and discussions of beginning work.
The Adventures of a Solitary Soul - A study of Gurdjieff's idea of the higher centers based on the experiences and dreams of Dr. Herbert J. Sharp and illustrated with his paintings.
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The Great Work of Conscious Evolution - Essays concerning Real Change of Being. The almost insurmountable problem in presenting ideas that actually help individuals change their being, -- help them to wake up to their real situation, -- is that what can really help is offensive to the conditioned ego with its false sense-of-self
The Great Work of Conscious Evolution - Writings by Dwight Ott. Essays concerning esoteric wisdom, real change of being, and consciousness.
The Problem of the Subtle Sybil Effect - Latter part of article has interesting commentary on Charles Tart.
Meta Description: [ Overcoming multiple personalties and cultural consensus consciousness using insights of Gurdjieff, Tart and Carl Jung ]
The Shadows of Ideas, A Distant Glimpse of Gurdjieff - An essay by John Shirley on some of Gurdjieff's ideas.
The Work of Gurdjieff - Anonymously edited site with list of books, links, aphorisms and other information on Gurdjieff's teaching.
Waking Up - A review by Howard Rheingold of Charles Tart's book Waking Up: Overcoming the Obstacles to Human Potential
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Walrus - Texts from Gurdjieff and Ouspensky and others on the Fourth Way.
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