Seymour B. Ginsburg
Auteur van Gurdjieff unveiled: an overview and introduction to the teaching (Gurdjieff Related Books)
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Seymour B. Ginsburg, J.D., was cofounder of a predecessor business and the first president of Toys "R" Us. Cofounder of the Gurdjieff Institute of Florida, he is the former president of the Theosophical Society in south Florida, author of Gurdjieff Unveiled, and coauthor of Gurdjieff: A New toon meer Introduction to His Teaching. toon minder
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- 1934
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- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Northwestern University
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Truthfully, I had a hard time getting through this mumbo-jumbo. I was with it when Ginsburg talks about understanding your inner self and walking the reader through some guided meditation lessons. But once they get into renaming things, such as the obligolnian strivings, the martfotai, and the tetartocosmos, I’m out. If you can’t use the existing words at our disposal (there’s over a million to choose from), then “the masses” aren’t going to come into your fold.
Most of this book reads like a catalogue of mystical philosophy. There are the seven brains, the seven worlds each with an order of laws, the aforementioned strivings, the sacred forces (or triamazikamno), so on and so forth. It’s all a big mess. I’m sure there are quite a few people practicing this system, and to them I say, carry on. I won’t get in your way. Just don’t make me read this book again.… (meer)