Editors’ Prefaces
Prefaces by Toddy Smyth, John Amaral, Bonnie Phillips and Marlena O’Hagan Buzzell.
Introductory Comment on the Whim
A new conception of God in the World ~ all previously held “beliefs and views” are to be destroyed ~ creating conditions for potential understanding by all three-brained beings ~ Reality, a fundamental concept, challenged and reformulated ~ Ray of Creation, a model of relativity ~ concept of Okidanokh ~ Electromagnetic spectrum ~ “misuse” of electricity ~ Strong and weak nuclear and EM forces ~ “Reality” of suns ~ “biophotons” ~ Okidanokh and the possibility of self-perfection
Chapter 1
Gurdjieff’s Whim
Beelzebub’s Tales as a core manifestation of Gurdjieff’s whim ~ a triune view of the One-Will of his endlessness ~ the reconciliation of science and religion ~ the three readings of Beelzebub’s Tales
Chapter 2
The Conversation of the old Devil with the Young One
Gurdjieff’s use of the image of devils to confront perennial beliefs and views of “good and evil”
Chapter 3
Three Generations
An examination of the relationship and significance of the three generations represented by Beelzebub, his sons and his grandson, Hassein, in our present day
Chapter 4
The Dilemma
Explores the dilemma of the Toof-Nef-Tef as an image of the need for both Conscience and Reason
Chapter 5
To Wiseacre
What constitutes wiseacring? ~ How working with others can hinder this “peculiar illness?”
Chapter 6
Primordial Principles
A thorough and detailed study of the fundamental laws of the Universe as presented in Beelzebub’s Tales and In Search of the Miraculous
Chapter 7
Suggestibility
Man’s belief that perceived images produced by the three brains are real ~ the dominance of the survival impulse in each of the three brains ~ the equivalence of the hypnotic state and suggestibility ~ the necessity of a separated, inner observer ~ egoism in contrast to the Will of his endlessness
Chapter 8
Okidanokh
Okidanokh as one of Gurdjieff’s major concepts/images to reconcile science and spirituality ~ Okidanokh as the full spectrum of the electromagnetic force ~ Okidanokh and transformation through the three foods ~ the Triune Will of his endlessness ~ the Divine Idea
Chapter 9
Hassein–Essence–The Future
The significance of Beelzebub’s departure from our solar system and Hassein’s commitment to the beings on Earth ~ Hassein’s Oskiano (education) ~ the relationship of Karatas with the Holy Sun Absolute ~ the growth of Beelzebub’s Reason ~ Independent Will and the transformation of automaticity ~ the effort to direct the attention
Chapter 10
Life Force
Gurdjieff’s reconciliation of the historic and scientific views of the “below up” / “top down” appearance of organic life ~ imbalance in the Law of Three ~ Divine Will Power and Creation ~ Ilnosoparno and the Lateral Octave ~ Attention
Chapter 11
The Individual — The Group
Explores the dynamic relationship between the evolutional possibilities of an individual with the same possibilities of a group of individuals ~ a triad of a matured essence
Chapter 12
The Role of Photons in Life
Definition of the photon ~ the electromagnetic spectrum–Okidanokh–the three foods– the Ray of Creation–the ‘hydrogen’ table ~ biophotons ~ brain (ELF) waves ~ the “powerlessness” of Divine Attention ~ the triadic nature of attention
Chapter 13
A Bridge
The concept of Okidanokh, Djartklom, and Aieioiuoa as a route of reconciliation between the laws of the physical world and the possibility for self-perfection
Chapter 14
Gurdjieff and the Quantum World
Gurdjieff’s presentation of the Laws of Seven and Three as a representation and, further, a reconciliation of the quantum theory of the particle/wave ~ the paradox and possibilities of the relationship between the non-mass and mass-based worlds