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Gurdjieff International Review

All and Everything

Beelzebubs Tales to His Grandson


An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man
All serious followers of Gurdjieff's teaching study this book. This is Gurdjieffs magnum opus. Regarding this series, Gurdjieff said, I had decided with the contents of the first series of books to achieve the destruction, in the consciousness and feelings of people, of deep-rooted convictions which in my opinion are false and quite contradictory to reality. Gurdjieffs friendly advice is to read each of his written expositions at least thrice. Further advice is provided from an excerpt of a talk in which Gurdjieff comments on the relationship between attention and understanding when reading Beelzebubs Tales. Originally written in Russian and Armenian, it has twice been translated into English: The original translation of 1238 pages, first published in 1950 by Harcourt, Brace & Company (New York); Routledge & Kegan Paul (London). Copyright 1950 by G. Gurdjieff. This translation was made under the personal direction of the author, by a group of translators chosen by him and specially trained according to their defined individualities. Later published in 1964 by E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., Library of Congress No. 50-5848. Again published in 1973 by E.P.

Dutton & Co., Inc. in paperback (3 volumes), SBN 0-52547348-3, 0-525-47349-1, 0-525-47350-5. Then published in 1993 by Two Rivers Press. Again published in 1999 by Penguin Arkana, a paperback which contains correction of errata and insertion of two paragraphs omitted from page 568 of Chapter 32 Hypnotism in earlier editions. A revised translation of 1135 pages, first published in 1992 by Arkana, an imprint of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc. Copyright Triangle Editions, Inc. 1992, ISBN 0-670-84125-0. This revision was begun on the initiative of Jeanne de Salzmann. The translation team included members of the Gurdjieff Foundation of New York, aided by members of the Gurdjieff Society (London) and the Institut Gurdjieff (Paris), as well as Triangle Editions. There is a Guide and Index available for both the original and revised translations published in 1971 and 2003 by Traditional Studies Press, ISBN 0-919608-01-9. There is also an Index and Study Guide for the original translation published in 2010 by Mr. Nylands groups, ISBN 978-0-615-32613-9. Theres also a Beelzebub Syllabus/Bookmark available for the original translation. For those interested in exploring Beelzebubs Tales even more deeply, there is an All & Everything Conference that meets yearly to study the book. Originally conceived as a congenial meeting of the Companions of the Book in 1996, the conference has become established as an independent forum on the writings of G.I. Gurdjieff, attracting international scholars, artists, scientists, group leaders, students, and speakers from around the world. Conferences have been held in the UK, USA, Greece, the Netherlands, Canada and the Czech Republic. Beelzebub will be a great help to me. I was about to say: it comes from the heavensyes, but from the living heavens. Rene Daumal

Reviews
On Attention and Understanding of Beelzebubs Tales G. I. Gurdjieff
An excerpt of a talk taken from an unpublished, undated typescript in which Gurdjieff comments briefly on the relationship between attention and understanding when reading Beelzebubs Tales.

Beelzebubs Tales: Fifty Years Later Denis Saurat


Written shortly after its publication in 1950, and, as timely today as it was then, Saurat comments on what he regards as the books central themes and speculates about its long term impact.

Gurdjieffs All and Everything John G. Bennett


Bennetts study was first published in Riders Review (Autumn 1950), London. Bennett grapples with the contradiction of trying to elucidate a book that defies verbal analysis and concludes that Beelzebubs Tales is an epoch-making work that represents the first new mythology in 4000 years.

Beelzebub, a Master Stroke Manuel Rainoird


Rainoirds penetrating examination of Beelzebubs Tales was first published as Belzbuth, un coup de matre in Monde Nouveau (Paris) October, 1956 as a review of the publication of the first French edition. This translation is the first to offer the complete text in English.

Commentary on Beelzebubs Tales Owens / Smith


Commentary by Terry Winter Owens and Suzanne D. Smith first issued by University Books in their Mystic Arts Book News, No. 78, 1964. Despite all the inherent difficulties which Gurdjieff has implanted in the bookcomplexities in writing and in concepts, the rewards are there also. But in keeping with Gurdjieffs philosophy, the rewards are commensurate with the readers struggle to find them.

Superforce and Beelzebub Jyri Paloheimo


Jyri Paloheimo reviews Paul Davies Superforce: The Search for a Grand Unified Theory of Nature and takes issue with the popular notion that the current science of physics is yet one more Way in harmony with Eastern teachings. In so doing, he draws on Beelzebubs Tales as a source and synthesis of ancient wisdom traditions which are rooted in the idea that the universe has a purpose.

The Tales Themselves: An Overview Anna Challenger


This revised Fourth Chapter of Dr. Anna Challengers Ph.D. dissertation from Kent State University (1990) provides a glimpse of the deeply considered understanding each of us must find in our own reading of Beelzebubs Tales.

Gurdjieffs Theory of Art Anna Challenger


This revised Third Chapter of Dr. Challengers dissertation provides a thoughtful analysis of Gurdjieffs ideas of art, particularly as they apply to his writings.

Commentary on Beelzebubs Tales A. L. Staveley


This commentary was first published in 1993 as dust jacket notes for the Two Rivers Press facsimile reprinting of the English (1950) first edition of Beelzebubs Tales.

The Struggle to Fathom the Gist of Beelzebubs Tales Terry Winter Owens
An essay from Terry Winter Owens published here first. For over 30 years, I have wanted to write a follow up to the essay on Gurdjieffs All and Everything that I wrote in the 1960s

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written Chapter 94: Beelzebubs Tales Martin SeymourSmith
Chapter 94 from The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written:The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today is reproduced in its entirety. Seymour-Smith points out that Gurdjieffs doctrine is the most convincing fusion of Eastern and Western thought that has yet been seen.

Mr. Nylands Index to Beelzebubs Tales Terry Winter Owens


After more than a half century since its conception, the very first Index to All and Everything: BeelzebubVs Tales to His Grandson is at last emerging from obscurity and making its well-deserved entre into the literature relating to the Gurdjieff Work... Few people know about the first Index. Begun over 50 years ago, and published in mimeographed format, it was developed by Willem Nyland and his groups. For those who have had access to it, it has proven to be an invaluable help for studying Gurdjieffs teaching.

And So, My Boy ... Paul Jordan-Smith


Beelzebubs Tales belongs to a long tradition of story-telling which can teach us much about the arts of listening and of reading aloudand the inner questions which arise as we study these arts.

Thus Spake Beelzebub Richard Hodges


Richard Hodges compares Gurdjieffs Beelzebubs Tales and Nietzsches Thus Spake Zarathustra. Nietszches bermensch has usually been rendered in English as superman, but that term has connotations that do not correspond with Nietzsches thought. What he meant, I think, is that the New Man must rise above the unconscious addictions and beliefs inherited from millennia, see them for what they are, and become free of them, and that, with this freedom, he will be able to have powers of action in the world that man is meant to have. This is not so different perhaps than the project and the promise at the source of religious traditions, but without the accumulated baggage. Nietzsches idea is similar, I feel, to Gurdjieffs idea of man number four, a man who is working to develop beyond what he is born as and what ordinary culture develops in him.

The First Page of Beelzebubs Tales Irv Givot


Irv Givot contemplates the first page of Beelzebubs Tales and in so doing provides insight for our own exploration. I must have read those opening paragraphs at least twenty times, and I never before suspected anything amiss. I never questioned his conviction. My reaction now seemed analogous to a baseball batter expecting a fastball from the pitcher and being fooled by a curve. Even worse, a batter not even suspecting hed been fooled. It was a feeling of suddenly realizing that Id been outsmarted by someone far more clever than me. But these analogies are not quite an exact

representation. Its more like, here in the first sentence of the entire book there is already a teaching but it requires thinking out of the box to grasp it, and Ive been too oblivious ever to notice it after all these years. What could this teaching be? ~~ Mr. Gurdjieff put everything, everything he knew in Beelzebubs Tales. A. L. Staveley This webpage 1998 Gurdjieff Electronic Publishing Revision: October 1, 2012

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