Pierre Bonnasse

The Magic Language of the Fourth Way (eBook, ePUB)

Awakening the Power of the Word

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An application of Gurdjieffian principles to fully and properly activate the power of language • Explains the relationship between the Gurdjieff enneagram and sacred geometry and harmonics • Shows that the objective power of language--and art and music--lies in the ability to use symbols that will mean precisely the same thing to anyone • Includes a new English translation of René Daumal's essay "The Holy War" In The Magic Language of the Fourth Way, Pierre Bonnasse applies the esoteric teachings of Fourth Way mystic G. I. Gurdjieff and the insights of initiate René Daumal to show how to fully and properly activate the power of language. Bonnasse shows how words can regain the strange magical powers they possessed in the first days of humanity, when words created the realities of what they described. This is a far cry from today's world in which even writers lament the impotent nature of language. Bonnasse uses the relationship between the Gurdjieff enneagram and sacred geometry and harmonics to reveal the power given to words by the notes of the scale. He shows not only how to discover the objective power of words but also how to apply the relationship between language and living to maximum effect. He explains that the objective power of language--and art and music--lies in the ability to use symbols that will mean precisely the same thing to anyone. The Magic Language of the Fourth Way serves as a clear and generous introduction to the complexities of Gurdjieffian thought as well as a descriptive how-to manual for Fourth Way aspirants on the uses of objective language for spiritual advancement.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781620553343
• Artikelnr.: 49185343

Autorenporträt

Pierre Bonnasse, also known as Chitragupta, has studied under the guidance of different spiritual masters for more than 20 years. The author of more than 20 books, he cofounded the Rishi Yoga Shala School, offering yoga training programs in India and in France. He lives in both France and Rishikesh, India.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Preface to the American Edition: Who Is Speaking?
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction: The Enneagram, Master Symbol of the Fourth Way
Part 1
The Terror of the Situation: Devastation and Oblivion
1 The Man-Machine and the Circle of the Confusion of Tongues
2 Necessary Digressions on Art
3 The Propagation of “Word Prostitution”
Part 2
The Awakening of Hope: Rediscovery and Application
4 Evolution and the Principle of Relativity: The Seven Types of Speakers
5 Reflections in Light of the Law of Triamazikamno: The Powers of Speech
according to the Law of Three
6 Reflections in Light of the Law of Heptaparaparshinokh, or How to Reach
Your Target (Goal)
7 Techniques of Speech and Powers of the Logos
8 Writing: Spiritual Asceticism and the Technique of the Work
Part 3
The Esoteric Work: Transmission and Magic
9 The Way of Blame: The Poetics of Power and Passing on the Lamp
10 Hermetic Tradition and Legominisms: Myths, Symbols, and Truth
11 The Psychedelic Powers of the Word: Language and Modified States of
Consciousness
12 Movement in the Creative Process: From the Dance to the Word
Conclusion: Word Lost, Word Regained, Word Present
Afterword: Sufficient Unto the Level Is the Evil Thereof
Appendices
1 Diagrams of Jakobson’s Schematic: The Proper Use of the Magic Word
Relative to the Enneagram, the Target, and the Seven Centers of the
Three-Level Human Factory
2 The Centers of the Human Being
3 Gurdjieff, Pupils, and Colleagues
Notes
Bibliography
Index