Excerpt from National Geographic. In El Zotz some 1,600 years ago in what is now Guatemala, the Temple of the Night Sun was a blood-red beacon visible for miles and adorned with giant masks of the Maya sun god as a shark, blood drinker, and jaguar. The sides of the temple are decorated with 5-foot-tall…
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Fourth Way Recital
Gurdjieff Legacy presents a Recital of Gurdjieff’s Music Harmony of East & West Pianist Michael Dale will perform selections from the sacred music of G.I. Gurdjieff Sat., Nov. 3 at 7:30 pm at the First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael, 1510 Fifth Ave., San Rafael, CA 94960. A donation of $15 is appreciated. Five dollars of…
Mayan King on Stone Panel at La Corona, Guatemala
7th-century Maya hieroglyphs found at La Corona, Guatemala
Mayan Ball Court: Science, Religion & Architecture in One
Archaeologists have found the Mayas built structures on top of the ball court at Chichen Itza to observe the equinoxes and solstices. They have determined the sun shines through slit-like openings during the winter solstice when the setting sun touches the horizon. It appears to be one of a kind and coincidentally the Chichen Itza ball court is the…
God of Death
The Gurdjieff Journal Issue 58
Volume 15 Issue 2 is available. In this issue are the following articles… The Challenges of Our Technological World-Time Part II The Life & Teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Part I Gurdjieff & Dorothy Caruso Part II Lincoln Kirstein, Payson Loomis & Gurdjieff Part I Guidance Under Lord Pentland’s Direction Film Review: Le Quattro Volte…
Fourth Way Seminar – The Movement: From Sex to Love
Winter Seminar with William Patrick Patterson The Movement: From Sex to Love Friday, November 30 to Monday, December 3, 2012 La Casa de Maria Retreat Center Santa Barbara, California Through guided active-being meditation, Conscious Body-Breath Impressions™, dialogue and private interviews, William Patrick Patterson explores the theme. Open to all levels of simplicity. No previous experience…
Fourth Way Labor Day Weekend Seminar
Labor Day Weekend Seminar with William Patrick Patterson The Courage to Be What Is & What Isn’t Friday, August 31, 4 pm to Monday, September 3, noon. St. Francis Retreat Center San Juan Bautista, California The definition of courage is “mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.” And…
Video: Introduction To Gurdjieff’s Fourth Way: From Selves To Individual Self To The Self
William Patrick Patterson, a leading exponent and teacher of The Fourth Way, this ancient, sacred, seminal teaching of self-development, explores: Images of God. Bioplasmic machines. Science of Being. Egyptian Mysteries. Nature’s trick. Many selves. Self-love’s duality. Owning. Futurizing. Historicizing. Ray of Creation. States of Consciousness. Key practices. Embodiment. Direct impressions. Inner space. Self-knowledge and Being….