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"A Trifling Particle of the Great Whole" - Philip Perkis Part II
Our second conversation with long-time group member Philip Perkis, a famed American photographer and educator, focuses on his insights around G.I. Gurdjieff's first series of writings, Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson - and particularly how the book's content maps vividly to our inner and outer...
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Jacques Hemsi: A Life in Work and Craftmaking
Jacques Hemsi met Mr. Nyland in 1969 and has been active in the Chardavogne Barn Gurdjieff group ever since. As a lifelong master jeweler, he has encouraged many people in the group to explore and experience the profound relationship between craftmaking and Work on oneself in practical terms....
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"By Centuries Rooted In Me" - Michael Near and the Kosuts
Why Gurdjieff Now highlights a conversation with Michael Near, Cynthia Kosut and Robert Kosut, conducted in May 2019 during a group Intensive Work period in Northern California. All three were students of Mr. Nyland during the incredibly active later years of his life while the group was taking...
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Philip Perkis: Inner and Outer Photography
Why Gurdjieff Now welcomes Philip Perkis, a long time member of our New York group and one of America's most respected photographers and educators. A Professor Emeritus at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, he is the author of Teaching Photography and Notes Assembled; and his prints have been showcased...
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Vin and Jack: Mechanicality
The concept of mechanicality, that all people are machines reacting to external forces, is a central idea in the Gurdjieff teaching. It is vividly described in the early chapters of In Search of the Miraculous, P.D. Ouspensky's lucid account of his talks and experiences with Gurdjieff from 1915…
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Nicole: Acceptance and Change
Nicole, a college professor and group member in California, talks with Doug about how acceptance is necessary for seeing ourselves impartially - especially in light of the natural desire for change and self-improvement. Her reflections serve up humorous ordinary life anecdotes that most listeners...
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Why Gurdjieff Now: A Conversation with Donna Spector
An accomplished playwright, poet, and educator, Donna Spector is also a long-time member and moderator of Mr. Nyland's groups and teacher of the Gurdjieff Movements. In May 2019, she sat down with host Doug Sprei for a conversation recorded during a Work intensive period held in Northern...
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