Lee Van Laer

Chakras and the Enneagram explores the deep esoteric relationships between the yogic system of chakras and Gurdjieff's enneagram. While chakras have been a well-known feature of eastern teachings since their inception, Gurdjieff's enneagram is a diagram from esoteric eastern teachings that remained hidden for many centuries before Gurdjieff introduced it to the west in the early 1900's. Properly understood, the enneagram contains essential keys for understanding the internal dynamics of chakra teachings. In addition, chakra teachings reciprocally impart vital information about the enneagram, revealing two long-separated threads of an ancient teaching that are now brought back together again. Studying this book in conjunction with The Universal Enneagram will help explain why Gurdjieff said that the enneagram can, in the right hands and with sufficient understanding, be used to explain almost anything

----- Table of Contents ----- Foreword, Conference Program, Opening RemarksSeminar Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, "Purgatory,"Objective Conscience in Beelzebub and the Impulses of Faith, Hope, and Love Lee van LaerThe Philology of The Tales - Gurdjieff's Choice of Words in ALL and Everything Robin BloorAn Inquiry into the Peculiarities of 'Omnipresent-Active-Element-Okidanokh, ' Part One: The First Peculiarity ToddySmythSeminar Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, "Purgatory," continuedSeminar Meetings with Remarkable Men, "Bogachevsky," chapter ivAiessirittoorassnian-contemplation Joseph AzizeRole of Contradiction in the Work Irv GivotGurdjieff on Hypnotism: Superstition, Magic, Religion, Hysteria, Prayer and Hypnosis in Work on Oneself John AmaralSeminars Life Is Real Only Then, When "I Am," PrologueRemembering Gurdjieff Stephen GrantExploring the Third State of Consciousness, or Conscious Laborand Voluntary Suffering Ocke de BoerBeelzebub's Tales and the Grace from Above Will MesaHow We Block the First and Second Conscious Shocks Russell SchreiberSeminar Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, "Purgatory," continuedSeminar Meetings with Remarkable Men, "Professor Skridlov," chapter ivGurdjieff, Ashiata and the Zoroastrian Connection John MacphersonThe Aim of Group Work in the Gurdjieff Tradition: Applied Obligolnian Strivings Jan JarvisWhere do we go from here? Drawings Kimberly Sheridan ----- Foreword ----- ForewordThe Planning Committee would like to take this opportunity of thanking all the Presenters for their help in producing these Proceedings. We hope that this publication will lead to further creative interactions between those in the Work in the future. The 21st International Humanities Conference - ALL and Everything 2016 convened on Wednesday, April 20th to Sunday, April 24th, 2016 at the Hawthorne Hotel, Salem, Massachusetts. The conference was attended by over 100 participants travelling from Argentina, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. From the Conference's inception, its members have worked toward making this "gathering of the Companions of the Book" to become more and more just that - a gathering of people from all over the world who come together for the purpose of "fathoming the gist" of Gurdjieff's writings, of sharing our insights and experiences, our questions, and our efforts to understand and grow into becoming remarkable men and women. The final session of the conference on Sunday morning, traditionally entitled "Where do we go from here?," provided an opportunity to discuss the achievements of the conference and the challenges facing its future editions.