en-US Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:09:20 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 455884 144 Henri Tracol 1852304685 Scot 0 4th-way, to-read 4.25 1994
author: Henri Tracol
name: Scot
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1994
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/09/18
shelves: 4th-way, to-read
review:

]]> 45428821 204 Lee van Laer Scot 5 4th-way
Not something I would recommend for the casual reader, but if you are familiar with Sufism or GI Gurdjieff or have pondered the enneagram or spiritual development deeply, there may be some real jewels in here for you.

I highly recommend you take your time with this and not blaze through it, but to each their own.]]> 5.00
author: Lee van Laer
name: Scot
average rating: 5.00
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/03
date added: 2024/08/03
shelves: 4th-way
review:
This is my first dive into van Laer's work and as a fan of the enneagram through the eyes of Gurdjieff, not pop spirituality, I deeply enjoyed this work. The author pondered the enneagram and spiritual development through various iterations and traditions. In some ways it was simple and yet in that simplicity was so much more.

Not something I would recommend for the casual reader, but if you are familiar with Sufism or GI Gurdjieff or have pondered the enneagram or spiritual development deeply, there may be some real jewels in here for you.

I highly recommend you take your time with this and not blaze through it, but to each their own.
]]> 211855 121 René Daumal 0715632752 Scot 5 4th-way, amazing
Daumal essentially takes us through what is essentially Dante's Divine Comedy, but in this case, Hell is a bar full of mad drunks, purgatory is an attic full of the absurdity of all human roles, jobs, and functions, and heaven is what we make of life.

The madness of hell is high humor if you have ever been really drunk yourself or witnessed someone in such a state. The real gold is purgatory as he one by one meets all the people who categorize themselves in the ways we do - teachers, scientists, lawyers, religious people, laborers, academics, and on and on. He is so spot on that it hurts. That hurt is both from belly laughing and the pain in your soul of the cutting truth of his words.

This is a short tome, so accessible to anyone, but best taken in in short bursts. I read about 10 pages at a time so I could really see and ponder and revel in the people and experiences he had just conveyed. I don't think this book is for everyone, but if its for you, it is really for you! I would say if you like satire of society, the Divine Comedy, Gurdjieff, drunken mysticism, or a truly outlandish yarn, then seek ye out a copy of this delicious tome.]]> 3.90 1938
author: René Daumal
name: Scot
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1938
rating: 5
read at: 2024/03/02
date added: 2024/03/02
shelves: 4th-way, amazing
review:
What a magnificent romp! Rene Daumal created a masterpiece to sit alongside his other great work, Mount Analogue. In the latter, it is the journey of life climbing the mountain and uncovering one's own existence along the way. In the former, it's a serious bender with friends that achieves the same results but in a much more madcap and satirical fashion.

Daumal essentially takes us through what is essentially Dante's Divine Comedy, but in this case, Hell is a bar full of mad drunks, purgatory is an attic full of the absurdity of all human roles, jobs, and functions, and heaven is what we make of life.

The madness of hell is high humor if you have ever been really drunk yourself or witnessed someone in such a state. The real gold is purgatory as he one by one meets all the people who categorize themselves in the ways we do - teachers, scientists, lawyers, religious people, laborers, academics, and on and on. He is so spot on that it hurts. That hurt is both from belly laughing and the pain in your soul of the cutting truth of his words.

This is a short tome, so accessible to anyone, but best taken in in short bursts. I read about 10 pages at a time so I could really see and ponder and revel in the people and experiences he had just conveyed. I don't think this book is for everyone, but if its for you, it is really for you! I would say if you like satire of society, the Divine Comedy, Gurdjieff, drunken mysticism, or a truly outlandish yarn, then seek ye out a copy of this delicious tome.
]]> 39084322 144 Christian Wertenbaker 1930337949 Scot 0 4th-way, spiritual, to-read 4.86
author: Christian Wertenbaker
name: Scot
average rating: 4.86
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/02/19
shelves: 4th-way, spiritual, to-read
review:

]]> 7023154 100 Irv Givot 0897560213 Scot 5 4th-way, spiritual, amazing 5.00 1998
author: Irv Givot
name: Scot
average rating: 5.00
book published: 1998
rating: 5
read at: 2024/01/19
date added: 2024/01/19
shelves: 4th-way, spiritual, amazing
review:
For anyone that is a student of the 4th Way or G.I. Gurdjieff, I can not recommend this one highly enough. I was touched by his deep dive into the pathway of self-observation.
]]> 5543181 158 Jane Heap 0897560191 Scot 0 4th-way, to-read 4.33 1994
author: Jane Heap
name: Scot
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1994
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/10/03
shelves: 4th-way, to-read
review:

]]> 24629537 142 Bruno Martin 3734745004 Scot 4
Recommended for those in a Gurdjieff group that are curious about the toast of the idiots or any idiots out there that want to dig deeper into their own spiritual journeys. Not recommended for anyone unfamiliar with GI Gurdjieff or those that are and are strident purists.]]> 4.33 2015
author: Bruno Martin
name: Scot
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2023/03/26
date added: 2023/03/27
shelves: 4th-way, spiritual, psychology, philosophy
review:
I deeply appreciated Martin's courage to dive head first into the Science of Idiotism, a practice forwarded by GI Gurdjieff that essentially died with him. Martin's thesis was that the science was thousands of years old and could be better understood both through the work of Gurdjieff and the tarot deck and its Major Arcana.

Recommended for those in a Gurdjieff group that are curious about the toast of the idiots or any idiots out there that want to dig deeper into their own spiritual journeys. Not recommended for anyone unfamiliar with GI Gurdjieff or those that are and are strident purists.
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