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December 2008
“THE SLUGS”On G.I. Gurdjieff's Beelzebub's Tales to his Grandson“... each three-brained being arisen on this planet of yours
represents
in himself also, in all respects, |
| Dr. Christopher Holmes elaborates upon the abnormalities of humankind on the planet Earth, as depicted by Mr. Gurdjieff in his epic “Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson.” In The Tales, even the setting is extraterrestrial–as the story is told from a cosmic perspective, as befits a work of such otherworldly aspirations and dimensions. The central figure and narrator, Beelzebub, is traveling through the cosmos on the spaceship Karnak. To pass the time and to fulfill his “being obligations” to his grandson Hassein, Beelzebub takes the opportunity to educate him concerning the laws of the cosmos, and to recount his experiences visiting the planet Earth. In particular, Beelzebub portrays the abnormalities of its inhabitants, those strange “three-brained beings on planet earth.” Beelzebub describes in great detail the peculiarities of the human psyche and the history of their solar system “Ors.” |
| Those willing and able to make the special effort necessary to decipher Beelzebub’s Tales are rewarded with one of the most provocative and astonishing commentaries on the human condition ever penned. Gurdjieff’s account of humanity’s strange history and his analysis of the unique psychopathology which afflicts these “three-brained beings” is, at once, both merciless and wonderfully insightful. With an objectivity that only an alien intelligence is capable of providing, Beelzebub paints a searing portrait of life on planet Earth. He portrays those follies and foibles which beset human beings and which keep them throughout the ages in a state of terrifying unconsciousness. Gurdjieff’s assault on the three-brained beings’ vanity and self-love, presented with great comic effect, is so thoroughly deflating as to leave any intelligent reader with an entirely different feeling about what it means to be called “man,” or what he calls “a man in quotation marks.” Beelzebub’s Tales clearly stands as one of the most unique works–of literature, art, social commentary and esoteric teaching–in modern times. |
| “The Slugs” includes materials on Beelzebub’s explanations
of “objective science,” the Sacred Fundamental Cosmic Laws, the
processes
of creation, and the potential inner alchemy of being, by which “a
slug,”
one of “your favorites,” might attain a “real I.”
ISBN 0-9689435-4-3 |
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Table of Contents of The "Slugs" |
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