Joseph Azize is a priest in the Maronite Catholic Church, working chiefly in the Chancery. He is also an honorary associate at the University of Sydney. For twenty-three years, he was a practicing attorney for the Commonwealth of Australia, serving at one time as acting Senior Assistant Director of Publications. He has published academically in three areas: ancient history, litigation law, and now in religious studies, and has also written some music for use in the Maronite liturgy.

this collection provides a substantive contribution to the expanding scholarship on Gurdjieff.

• Introduction by Professor Carole CusackAcknowledgments Part I: Introductory Introduction Chapter 1: A Biographical Sketch of Gurdjieff Chapter 2: An Overview of Gurdjieff's IdeasChapter 3: Gurdjieff and the Mystical Tradition Part II: Gurdjieff's Contemplative Exercises Chapter 4: The Russian Years Chapter 5: Gurdjieff to the Early 1930s Chapter 6: The First Series: Beelzebub's Tales to his Grandson Chapter 7: The Soil Preparing Exercise from the Third Series Chapter 8: The First Assisting Exercise from the Third SeriesChapter 9: The Second Assisting Exercise from the Third Series Chapter 10: Gurdjieff in the late 1930s Chapter 11: Exercises from the Transcripts of 1941-1946 Part III: Exercises from Gurdjieff's Pupils Chapter 12: The Reality of Being Chapter 13: The Four Ideals Exercise Chapter 14: The Lord Have Mercy " Exercises Chapter 15: The Color Spectrum Exercise Chapter 16: The Clear Impressions Exercise Chapter 17: The Preparation Chapter 18: Gurdjieff's Two Last Exercises Bibliography

Joseph Azize is a priest in the Maronite Catholic Church, working chiefly in the Chancery. He is also an honorary associate at the University of Sydney. For twenty-three years, he was a practicing attorney for the Commonwealth of Australia, serving at one time as acting Senior Assistant Director of Publications. He has published academically in three areas: ancient history, litigation law, and now in religious studies, and has also written some music for use in the Maronite liturgy.

this collection provides a substantive contribution to the expanding scholarship on Gurdjieff.

• Introduction by Professor Carole CusackAcknowledgments Part I: Introductory Introduction Chapter 1: A Biographical Sketch of Gurdjieff Chapter 2: An Overview of Gurdjieff's IdeasChapter 3: Gurdjieff and the Mystical Tradition Part II: Gurdjieff's Contemplative Exercises Chapter 4: The Russian Years Chapter 5: Gurdjieff to the Early 1930s Chapter 6: The First Series: Beelzebub's Tales to his Grandson Chapter 7: The Soil Preparing Exercise from the Third Series Chapter 8: The First Assisting Exercise from the Third SeriesChapter 9: The Second Assisting Exercise from the Third Series Chapter 10: Gurdjieff in the late 1930s Chapter 11: Exercises from the Transcripts of 1941-1946 Part III: Exercises from Gurdjieff's Pupils Chapter 12: The Reality of Being Chapter 13: The Four Ideals Exercise Chapter 14: The Lord Have Mercy " Exercises Chapter 15: The Color Spectrum Exercise Chapter 16: The Clear Impressions Exercise Chapter 17: The Preparation Chapter 18: Gurdjieff's Two Last Exercises Bibliography

Joseph Azize is a priest in the Maronite Catholic Church, working chiefly in the Chancery. He is also an honorary associate at the University of Sydney. For twenty-three years, he was a practicing attorney for the Commonwealth of Australia, serving at one time as acting Senior Assistant Director of Publications. He has published academically in three areas: ancient history, litigation law, and now in religious studies, and has also written some music for use in the Maronite liturgy.

this collection provides a substantive contribution to the expanding scholarship on Gurdjieff.

• Introduction by Professor Carole CusackAcknowledgments Part I: Introductory Introduction Chapter 1: A Biographical Sketch of Gurdjieff Chapter 2: An Overview of Gurdjieff's IdeasChapter 3: Gurdjieff and the Mystical Tradition Part II: Gurdjieff's Contemplative Exercises Chapter 4: The Russian Years Chapter 5: Gurdjieff to the Early 1930s Chapter 6: The First Series: Beelzebub's Tales to his Grandson Chapter 7: The Soil Preparing Exercise from the Third Series Chapter 8: The First Assisting Exercise from the Third SeriesChapter 9: The Second Assisting Exercise from the Third Series Chapter 10: Gurdjieff in the late 1930s Chapter 11: Exercises from the Transcripts of 1941-1946 Part III: Exercises from Gurdjieff's Pupils Chapter 12: The Reality of Being Chapter 13: The Four Ideals Exercise Chapter 14: The Lord Have Mercy " Exercises Chapter 15: The Color Spectrum Exercise Chapter 16: The Clear Impressions Exercise Chapter 17: The Preparation Chapter 18: Gurdjieff's Two Last Exercises Bibliography