A New Conception of God: Further Reflections on Gurdjieff?s Whim continues the thread that was introduced in the previous volume[, Reflections on Gurdjieff's Whim]. In this 314 page volume, bountiful with full color, exquisite illustrations, Buzzell shares his unending pursuit of ?fathoming the gist? G.I. Gurdjieff?s three series of writings under the title of All and Everything, with an emphasis on the first series, Beelzebub?s Tales to His Grandson. Included with the book, is an eightpage fold-out of key illustrations which can be a substantial aide for the reader to navigate through the concepts. In every long thought, Buzzell pursues the implications of current scientific discoveries in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, evolutional biology and cosmology, revealing the vastness of Gurdjieff?s vision of the potential evolution of three-brained beings: we humans on the planet Earth. Buzzell examines Gurdjieff?s concept of Conscience, exploring the implications of its involvement in all parts of one?s being, with emphasis on the relationship betweenConscience with Reason. He takes up the perennial question of war, focusing on its origins within the subconscious. He goes deep into the interstices of the power of the survival impulse in all our three ?brains? or centers: body, feeling, thinking and identifies their essential qualities whichshed light on the mechanics of egoism. Buzzell responds to Gurdjieff?s injunction to comprehend the essential difference between sensing and feeling, giving a convincing and clarifying account of the biology of these two distinct experiences, as well as their ancient sources. Throughout, a symbol is employed, A Symbol of the Cosmos and its Laws, which visually organizes the complex notions of levels in Gurdjieff?s concept, the ?Ray of Creation,? as well as many other concepts such as the significance of the digestion of food, air and impressions. With this symbol, Buzzell helps us to see the intrinsic lawfulness of all events and processes. The book culminates with a chapter, the title of which gives a taste of its magnitude: ?Attention (H12), the Greatest Gift to Life; The Power to Pursue Meaning and Purpose.?

The Third Striving consists of an examination of World Laws and World Maintenance as put forth by G. I Gurdjieff. In his epic work All and Everything, Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, the third "striving," which is formulated thus: "the conscious striving to know ever more and more concerning the laws of World-creation and World-maintenance, is the third of five " ' being-obligolnian-strivings' " to be practiced ..." in order to have in their consciousness this Divine function of genuine conscience...," (Beelzebub's Tales, pp 385-86). To inquire into and come to an understanding of Law is a responsibility for all individuals who practice and pursue the Gurdjieff Work. It is required (but not enough) to carry out a variety of practices and to struggle, in one's inner world, toward a realization of Conscience. Beyond this, Gurdjieff calls on us to consciously come to Objective Reason, and this requires us to contemplate and actively mentate as best we can on the laws which define the working of our inner and outer World. Only when we understand the laws can we hope to properly utilize the energies of Okidanokh, in the coating process of Kesdjan and Higher Being-body. This volume seeks to offer discoveries and further inquiry into this pivotal "striving," employing the most recent discoveries in modern physics, cosmology, biology and chemistry along with experiential data.

Explores European civilisation as a concept of twentieth-century political practice and the project of a transnational network of European elites. This title is available as Open Access.

In this unique work, Henry Miller gives an utterly candid and self-revealing account of the reading he did during his formative years.

This book is written in a simple and easy-to-understand language by scientist-biologist Dr. Vladimir Antonov. It covers the essential issues: what is God, the place of human being in the Evolution of the Universal Consciousness, principles of forming and correction of destiny, ways of attaining health and happiness, most effective methods of psychic self-regulation, about spiritual development and cognition of God.

Provides a social history of how the CIA used the psychedelic drug LSD as a tool of espionage during the early 1950s and tested it on U.S. citizens before it spread into popular culture, in particular the counterculture as represented by Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, and others who helped spawn political and social upheaval.