Expression, Knowledge and Origin of Ancient Mesoamerica, Gurdjieff’s Fourth Way Teaching and more!
Published in New Dawn Magazine September-October 2013 This is the first critical study of Adi Da Samraj, examining the facts of his life and avoiding the sensationalism of “cult busting“ or the hagiographies of his devotees. What are we to make of Adi Da? He began as simply Franklin Jones (born in 1939) and ended…
Part I Part II A discussion with artist James Turrell, who’s installations examine “perception, light, color, and space, with a special focus on the role of site-specificity.” His work is currently on view at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Recently found in the Maya city of Holmul in the northeastern Petén Basin region in Guatemala, near the modern-day border with Belize, is an enormous frieze—which measures 26 feet by nearly 7 feet (8 meters by 2 meters)—depicts human figures in a mythological setting, was discovered in July 2013 in the buried foundations of a rectangular pyramid…
#61 Volume 16 Issue 1 Articles in this current issue include the following. Gurdjieff & The New Age: The Worlds of Oscar Ichazo Spiritual Pilgrimage: Visiting Gurdjieff’s Father’s Grave Ouspensky On Why He Left Gurdjieff The Prince, Tsar & Gurdjieff in Egypt Sayings of G. I. Gurdjieff Kultur For more information or to subscribe visit…
Trailer for 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, the 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…
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus is a 2005 non-fiction book by American author and science writer Charles C. Mann about the pre-Columbian Americas. The book argues that a combination of recent findings in different fields of research suggests that human populations in the Western Hemisphere—that is, the indigenous peoples of the Americas—were…
Labor Day Weekend Seminar with William Patrick Patterson Friday, August 30 – Monday, September 2, 2013 Silence is Not Silent, Space is Not Empty, Time is Not Time, Love is Not Love, You are Not You St. Francis Retreat Center San Juan Bautista, California Through guided active-being meditation, Conscious Body-Breath Impressions™, dialogue and private interviews,…
Custom coping sled designed and built recently. Simple design using standard raw materials and took it to a machine shop who fabricated the parts and assembled it. A few more of the components were added at the end and it functions as designed. It allows our shop to cut or route the end pieces of…
Seminar with William Patrick Patterson Introduction to Gurdjieff’s Fourth Way Friday, May 24 – Monday, May 27, 2013 Loyola Retreat House Morristown, New Jersey William Patrick Patterson explores the theme through guided active-being meditation, Conscious Body-Breath Impressions™, dialogue and private interviews. The seminar is open to all levels of simplicity. No previous experience necessary. The…
William Patrick Patterson Explores The Life & Teachings of Carlos Castaneda [pro-player width=’560′ height=’350′ type=’video’]http://www.mesoamericas.com/videos/William-Patrick-Patterson-Explores-The-Life-n-Teachings-of-Carlos-Castaneda.flv[/pro-player] The Life and Teachings of Carlos Castaneda demystifies what Castaneda sought to hide and delivers a detailed portrait of the forces and influences that drove him to become a Nagual, a man of knowledge and emptiness. Here, too, is a…