tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13279607.post5782277419707908693..comments2023-12-25T14:14:30.652-05:00Comments on notes of a russian librarian in usa: Gurdjieff workNThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05601639221456223061noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13279607.post-2429715099743869732009-03-05T17:24:00.000-05:002009-03-05T17:24:00.000-05:00Thank you, Walter!! Really appreciate the comment....Thank you, Walter!! Really appreciate the comment. I was in Gurdjieff's group in Russia some years back. But it was not "pure" Gurdjieff :)) but rather everything else and Gurdjieff. I still gravitate ))) Looking forward to Dushka's memoir. Thanks for telling me about it. What do you think of "Gurdjieff An Introduction to His Life and Ideas" by John Shirley (2000)? I have the book in my hands, but have not started reading it. Worth it?NThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601639221456223061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13279607.post-49687508254850581432009-03-05T16:56:00.000-05:002009-03-05T16:56:00.000-05:00Although the Afghan scenery, sound-track drawing o...Although the Afghan scenery, sound-track drawing on Gurdjieff's music and glimpes of the movements dances he choreographed were stunning, most every one of the more than 60 reviewers of this 1979 movie rightly panned its wooden script and stilted acting. This Parabola anthology is little more than unabashed hagiography from well seated admiring followers and quite innocent of critical thought or analysis. For that, turn to James Webb's independent 1980 study "The Harmonious Circle", or any of Professor Paul Beekman Taylor's five works, particularly his latest "Gurdjieff: a New Life" (2008), or James Moore's 1991 & 1999 biography "Gurdjieff: the anatomy of a myth." Although a lifelong follower, Moore maintains distance from his subject via robust skepticism and a critical attitude. Also, Gurdjieff's daughter, Dushka Howarth has a memoir forthcoming this year,"It's Up to Ourselves", which offers a critical insider's view.<BR/> Of course, the best place to start with Gurdjieff, is his own supremely challenging masterpiece, "Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson" in the 1950 edition the author approved barely two weeks before his death. He recommends his posthumous metaphorical memoir, "Meetings with Remarkable Men" be read after three readings of "Beelzebub's Tales".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com