Reflections on Gurdjieff’s Whim
“. . . a new conception of God in the world.”
Keith Buzzell’s startling insights into Beelzebub’s Tales make his new book, Reflections on Gurdjieff’s Whim, a must read for serious students of Gurdjieff’s magnum opus. There is indeed a “dog” which is buried deeply in The Tales, and Keith brings it to light.
If one has been puzzled, after numerous readings of The Tales, by (for example) the nature of Okidanokh, the assertion that the sun neither lights nor heats, the reason that suggestibility is man’s greatest vulnerability, along with a host of other issues, this book goes a long way to answering these questions, and gives us the key to a new way of looking for meaning in Beelzebub’s Tales.
The book demonstrates how Gurdjieff’s “whim,” to bring to mankind a new understanding of God, is accomplished by the reconciliation of Science and Religion. When the great discoveries of modern science of the 20th century are brought to bear upon the cosmic scheme which is found in Beelzebub’s Tales and In Search of the Miraculous, it becomes clear how far ahead of his time Gurdjieff actually was.
There are many moments of happy surprise awaiting the reader of Keith’s latest book.
—Elan Sicroff
“Buzzell reveals in graphic detail the deep science in Beelzebub’s Tales.”
—Paul Beekman Taylor, author of Gurdjieff’s America
In this volume, Dr. Buzzell explores Gurdjieff’s Whim. Synthesizing indications in Gurdjieff’s writing with recent discoveries in quantum and cosmological science, he explores the biological sources of egoism in our three centers (moving, feeling,thinking) and the utilization of Okidanokh in building Higher Bodies. This is the first volume of a two-part series (the second volume is in progress) examining Gurdjieff’s whim: to bring to mankind a new understanding of God.
Keith A. Buzzell,
2012
$40.00
ISBN# 0-9763579-3-3
softcover
266 pages
6 ⅝" x 9 ½"
60 illustrations
Guide and Key “The Utilization of Okidanokh,”color foldout included
21 ½" x 8 ½"
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