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A Woman's Work With Gurdjieff, Ramana Maharshi, Krishnamurti, Anandamayi Ma & Pak Subuh
The spiritual life story of Ethel Merston based on her diaries and recollections is an important historical work, as well as a keen insight into many of the seminal teachers of her times. Merston was one of Gurdjieff's first English pupils and lived at the Prieuré from 1922 until 1927. Her seriousness and organizational abilities led Gurdjieff to put her in charge in his absences. Fritz Peters gives a wonderful account of what she had to put up with (he gives her the name Miss Madison) in his Boyhood with Gurdjieff. In India, she lived at Ramana Maharshi's ashram for many years. She gives a first-person account of his death and also the meeting between The Mother and Sri Aurobindo and Anandamayi Ma (with whom she often traveled). She also attended many of Krishnamurti's talks and seminars in the 1930s, was a friend of Sunyata, Alain Daniélou, Krishna Prem and Swami Omananda. In the 1950s she was initiated into Subud by Pak Subuh at J. G. Bennett's Coombe Springs study house. At Mendham, she met again her friends from her Gurdjieff days—Mme de Salzmann, Mme Ouspensky, Olga de Hartmann and Peggy Flinsch—and was introduced to Lord John Pentland. "There are few comprehensive accounts of individual Western pioneers who were interested in Indian spirituality in the first part of the 20th century. Ethel Merston left an intimate record of her journey as she constantly questioned and searched for a remedy to relieve the malady of her soul. We owe to Mary Ellen Korman our appreciation for chronicling that time and bringing to life many of the people Ethel Merston encountered, and who we never quite knew as fellow seekers committed to the search for higher truths." "I found Ethel Merston's life story fascinating. The narrative completely absorbed me and I was captivated from the first sentence by both substance as well as style. Ethel Merston was an exceptional individual and it is wonderful that her story has finally been told. An important work with considerable research." |
The Mirror of Light
A longtime student of P.D. Ouspensky's who, following his teacher's death, left England for Mexico to establish the teaching there. Collin's wife assembled and edited his notebooks, papers and talks following his death, and the result is this new cloth edition limited to 1,000 copies. Topics include sincerity and honesty, creativity, truth, marriage, the fourth dimension. |
Talks on Beelzebub's Tales
A series of lectures focusing on what Bennett takes to be the essential meaning of Beelzebub's Tales. |
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The Great Triad The last book to appear during his lifetime (1886–1951), this is Guénon's most comprehensive exposition of the science of Alchemy. The 'Great Triad,' defined as Heaven-Man-Earth, is a cosmological and metaphysical doctrine which Guénon traces through Chinese Taoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhist, Hermetic and Masonic teachings. |
Spiritualism, Madame Blavatsky & Theosophy A leading participant in the Theosophical movement, Rudolf Steiner tells of the movement's origins in spiritualism and somnambulism, and gives his version of the relationship between Theosophy and Anthroposophy. |
Voice Explores the subjugation of voice by thought and indicates means for reversing the authority of the sound and for freeing up the voice. Concluding that the poetic voice reconciles the search for semantic meaning with the raw, acoustical effect that free voice causes, Appelbaum proposes a new and radical interpretation of the truth of voice—that it is true if it provides a disclosure of our human contradictions. |
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The Life & Significance of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, Part I — Gurdjieff in Egypt: The Origin of Esoteric Knowledge Follows Gurdjieff's search for pre-sand Egypt beginning with the Sphinx and Great Pyramid, to Thebes and the Temple in Man and Karnak, to the Valley of the Kings, the Temples of Edfu and Abu Simbel, and into Ethiopia where he unexpectedly discovers the origin of the ancient teaching of The Fourth Way. DVD and VHS—NTSC/PAL formats, color, 60 minutes. |
The Life & Significance of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, Part III — Gurdjieff's Legacy: Establishing The Teaching in the West, 1924–1949
Shot on site in Paris, Avon, Mont. St. Michel, Lascaux, London, New York, and New Haven, the documentary traces Gurdjieff's life from his near-fatal car crash through to his giving meetings during the Nazi-occupation of Paris to his death in 1949. Examined in depth are the writing of his Legominism All and Everything and his relationships with Orage, Ouspensky and Bennett. Also included is the Rope and his final trip to the Caves of Lascaux. DVD format, color, 86 minutes. |
The Life & Significance of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, Part II — Gurdjieff's Mission: Introducing The Teaching to the West, 1912–1924" Shot on site in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Constantinople, London, Fontainebleau-en-Avon, New York and Lascaux, this documentary video—narrated by William Patrick Patterson and based on his book Struggle of the Magicians—retraces Gurdjieff's mission to introduce the teaching to the West. P.D. Ouspensky's and J.G. Bennett's enigmatic relationship with Gurdjieff are explored. Particularly stressed are the "St. Petersburg Conditions" and Gurdjieff's technique of "divine acting." The video vividly demonstrates Gurdjieff's warning to America of the rise and challenge of the East with footage recalling the 9/11 attack and its aftermath. DVD and VHS—NTSC format, color, 80 minutes. |
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Laurence Rosenthal Plays Gurdjieff/de Hartmann Volume 2 Rosenthal continues his exploration of the Gurdjieff/de Hartmann music in 25 pieces for piano. |
Resonance: The Music of Gurdjieff/de Hartmann Arranged for Instruments Ensemble Resonance offers an arrangement and exploration of the music of Gurdjieff/de Hartmann for instruments through 17 different instrumental combinations, balances, and tempos. |
Gurdjieff/de Hartmann Volume 1: Journey to Inaccessible Places This recording comprises 16 individual pieces grouped under the titles: The Struggle of the Magicians, Journey to Inaccessible Places, Hymns from a Great Temple. Of these titles Kremski says, "These evocative titles provide illumination, orientation for listening. They question me, lead me on towards understanding, towards different, unknown paths." The 17th piece is the Essenian Hymn. |
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Pronunciation Guide to Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson
The voices of seven speakers, four of whom were present at readings attended by Mr. Gurdjieff, pronounce each of the unusual words appearing in the First Series. Of the three remaining speakers, one spoke both Armenian and Persian as a child; another is fluent in English and Slovenian; and a third speaks only English. The CD-ROM plays on either a PC or MAC. |
Guide & Index to Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson This new and long-awaited second edition references all editions of Beelzebub's Tales, including the classic edition of 1950 and the later 1992 and 1999 editions. It also includes page correlation with foreign language editions, as well as a pronunciation guide, background notes and missing or variant text. |
Meetings With Remarkable Men Soundtrack The soundtrack to the film "Meetings With Remarkable Men" contains beautiful orchestrations of a number of Gurdjieff/de Hartmann pieces. Laurence Rosenthal did the orchestration and conducts the National Philharmonic Orchestra in the 11 pieces on this CD. |