Tag Archives: George Gurdjieff

What kind of “tail” are you growing?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

George Gurdjieff once complimented a follower of his ideas by saying that her progress was even causing her to “grow a tail.” It was statements like that one that convinced me that Gurdjieff had a similar understanding of spiritual symbolism … Continue reading →

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Hypnotism, blood circulation and spirituality

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

One of the things I admire about Emanuel Swedenborg’s theology is that he always found ways to explain highly abstract ideas with tangible biological processes. Blood-flow is just one such example that he used to make an analogy between the … Continue reading →

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Swedenborg and Gurdjieff’s search for higher mind

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

One of the major discoveries about the “human potential” made by both Emanuel Swedenborg and George Gurdjieff is that all humans have innate and deeper levels of mental activity. This deeper level of perception, understanding and feeling is fully developed … Continue reading →

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Bio-theology

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

In my most recent book Swedenborg & Gurdjieff: The Missing links (Anti-intuitive Essays for Personal Transformation) I challenge the notion of human goodness in the context of most contemporary religious traditions. Both Emanuel Swedenborg and George Gurdjieff stated that sincere … Continue reading →

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My fraudulent spirituality

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

I was introduced to the spiritual ideas of both Emanuel Swedenborg and George Gurdjieff on the very same day. This gave me a rare opportunity to double-check my spiritual trajectory. I studied the ideas of both men and joined their … Continue reading →

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God had to make some changes to create the physical world

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

Since God’s action is infinite and eternal, what happened to make this activity create a finite and physical world? I ask this because most physicists believe that there was a situation where time equaled zero. The Big Bang theory (with … Continue reading →

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“Proving God” versus “Fifty Shades of Grey”

Posted on December 21, 2012 by

Compared to the sales success of the erotic romance novel Fifty Shades of Grey, my second book Proving God (which won three awards) has had relatively anemic results. As an author/publisher I have to be keenly aware of what “sells.” … Continue reading →

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The mind of a philosopher, the heart of a creep

Posted on December 5, 2012 by

That’s me! That’s me! I have had three kinds of education. First I went to art school, then I went to seminary. These first two types of education trained my mind to appreciate challenging concepts while thinking through a creative … Continue reading →

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How would Swedenborg and Gurdjieff view dark matter and dark energy?

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

Both Swedenborg and Gurdjieff embraced theological science. That is, they saw the universe, its forces and laws as a rational expression of God’s spiritual qualities and character within the spacetime arena. Modern science tries to explain the universe without having … Continue reading →

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Turning the Thanksgiving Turkey into an Angel of God

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

Here is something to contemplate (ruminate over) as you digest your bellyful of turkey. Emanuel Swedenborg and George Gurdjieff viewed the human body, brain and mind as an apparatus for exchanging energies and substances between heaven and earth. In this … Continue reading →

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