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Summary: A captive mind
Review: J.G. Bennett had a Gurdjieff problem, and one has to wonder how someone could have sacrificed his many talents promoting the pack of lies promoted by this shadowy figure. Gurdjieff had a knack for mesmerizing smart mathematicians and landed two of them, to give some glitz to his bizarre and second rate 'system'.
In this work the dangerous nature of these ideas comes through, and we see the reactionary strategy: reinvent the great chain of being, complete with food chain (!) and man some pitiful sacrifice in that. Give me a break already!
Whence these notions? Not even esoteric sufis, needs to be super special hidden masters. This time the unsupported rumor about the 'Kwajagan masters', the real thing behind the real thing, we suppose. Has anyone ever documented any of these faiytales?
The very nature of the account suggests this are deviant traditions if they ever that, and in anything to do that wolf Gurdjieff we can easily figure the dishonest angle of what is really afoot here. All this is typical of the whole mindset of the Gurdjieffians, and the vein of untruth that laces everything sadly corrupted Bennett to the point where nothing is believable.
Be wary of these people, you have a right to be skeptical. These people have absolutely no authority, whatever they say. They have a bad habit of making things up as they go along, and Gurdjieff, please note, finally admitted as much, that he just made these dangerous ideas up.
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Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: J.G. Bennett's at his best. Together with "Masters of Wisdom" he
prooves that he understood Gurdjieff's mission and brought it many steps further and closer.
Rating:
Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: J.G. Bennett's at his best. Together with "Masters of Wisdom" he
prooves that he understood Gurdjieff's mission and brought it many steps further and closer.
Rating:
Summary: a must for those interested in Gurdjieff
Review: This book covers some theories about how Gurdjieff recieved his knowledge. Specifically from Naq'shabandi sufi orders, and Tibet. My personal favourite from Bennett...as Bennett was chosen by Gurdjieff, as one of the few people who could realistically carry on the "work", and "initiate" others.
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Summary: a must for those interested in Gurdjieff
Review: This book offers well-researched background information on Gurdjieff and his ideas. A previous review indicated that this book either proves or strongly suggests that Gurdjieff's adventures as a "seeker" in the "Meetings" book were mere fantasy or fable. This excellent book by Bennett does not suggest this at all. But it does point out inconsistencies in terms of the specifics and does not hide the fact that exaggeration may have been employed in the retelling of Gurdjieff's travels. Overall: this is a well-written and thought provoking presentation of G.'s ideas, as well as the man himself.
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