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Informationen zum Autor G. I. Gurdjieff was born in 1887 in Alexandropol. After studying with spiritual masters in the Near East and Asia, he founded the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man in France. Klappentext With Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson , G. I. Gurdjieff intended to "destroy, mercilessly . . . the beliefs and views about everything existing in the world." This novel beautifully brings to life the visions of humanity for which Gurdjieff has become esteemed. Beelzebub, a man of worldly (and other-worldly) wisdom, shares with his grandson the anecdotes, personal philosophies, and lessons learned from his own life.The reader is given a detailed discussion of all matters physical, natural, and spiritual, from the creation of the cosmos to man's teleological purpose in the universe. This edition of Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson --the first single-volume paperback to appear in English--restores the original, authoritative translation. Zusammenfassung A landmark exploration of the human condition with the goal of bringing self-awareness in one's daily life With Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson , G. I. Gurdjieff intended to "destroy, mercilessly . . . the beliefs and views about everything existing in the world." This novel beautifully brings to life the visions of humanity for which Gurdjieff has become esteemed. Beelzebub, a man of worldly (and other-worldly) wisdom, shares with his grandson the anecdotes, personal philosophies, and lessons learned from his own life.The reader is given a detailed discussion of all matters physical, natural, and spiritual, from the creation of the cosmos to man's teleological purpose in the universe. This edition of Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson --the first single-volume paperback to appear in English--restores the original, authoritative translation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson First Book 1. The Arousing of Thought 2. Introduction: Why Beelzebub Was in Our Solar System 3. The Cause of the Delay in the Falling of the Ship Karnak 4. The Law of Falling 5. The System of Archangel Hariton 6. Perpetual Motion 7. Becoming Aware of Genuine Being-Duty 8. The Impudent Brat Hassein, Beelzebub's Grandson, Dares to Call Men "Slugs" 9. The Cause of the Genesis of the Moon 10. Why "Men" Are Not Men 11. A Piquant Trait of the Peculiar Psyche of Contemporary Man 12. The First "Growl" 13. Why in Man's Reason Fantasy May Be Perceived as Reality 14. The Beginnings of Perspectives Promising Nothing Very Cheerful 15. The First Descent of Beelzebub upon the Planet Earth 16. The Relative Understanding of Time 17. The Arch-absurd: According to the Assertion of Beelzebub, Our Sun Neither Lights nor Heats 18. The Arch-preposterous 19. Beelzebub's Tales About His Second Descent onto the Planet Earth 20. The Third Flight of Beelzebub to the Planet Earth 21. The First Visit of Beelzebub to India 22. Beelzebub for the First Time in Tibet 23. The Fourth Personal Sojourn of Beelzebub on the Planet Earth 24. Beelzebub's Flight to the Planet Earth for the Fifth Time 25. The Very Saintly Ashiata Shiemash, Sent from Above to the Earth 26. The Legominism Concerning the Deliberations of the Very Saintly Ashiata Shiemash Under the Title of "The Terror-of-the-Situation" 27. The Organization for Man's Existence 28. The Chief Culprit in the Destruction of All the Very Saintly Labors of Ashiata Shiemash Second Book 29. The Fruits of Former Civilizations and the Blossoms of the Contemporary 30. Art 31. The Sixth and Last Sojourn of Beelzebub on the Planet Earth 32. Hypnotism 33. Beelzebub as Professional Hypnotist 34. Russia 35. A Change in the Appointed Course of the Falling of the Transspace Ship Karnak 36. Just a Wee Bit More About the Germans 37. France 38...
Autorentext
G. I. Gurdjieff was born in 1887 in Alexandropol. After studying with spiritual masters in the Near East and Asia, he founded the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man in France.
Klappentext
With Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, G. I. Gurdjieff intended to "destroy, mercilessly . . . the beliefs and views about everything existing in the world." This novel beautifully brings to life the visions of humanity for which Gurdjieff has become esteemed. Beelzebub, a man of worldly (and other-worldly) wisdom, shares with his grandson the anecdotes, personal philosophies, and lessons learned from his own life.The reader is given a detailed discussion of all matters physical, natural, and spiritual, from the creation of the cosmos to man's teleological purpose in the universe. This edition of Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson--the first single-volume paperback to appear in English--restores the original, authoritative translation.
Zusammenfassung
A landmark exploration of the human condition with the goal of bringing self-awareness in one's daily life
With Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, G. I. Gurdjieff intended to "destroy, mercilessly . . . the beliefs and views about everything existing in the world." This novel beautifully brings to life the visions of humanity for which Gurdjieff has become esteemed. Beelzebub, a man of worldly (and other-worldly) wisdom, shares with his grandson the anecdotes, personal philosophies, and lessons learned from his own life.The reader is given a detailed discussion of all matters physical, natural, and spiritual, from the creation of the cosmos to man's teleological purpose in the universe. This edition of Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson--the first single-volume paperback to appear in English--restores the original, authoritative translation.
Inhalt
Beelzebub's Tales to His GrandsonFirst Book