Categoria: Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson (1950, 48 capítulos)
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BTG XLV
(RBN) BTG XLIV <=> BTG XLVI XLV. In the Opinion of Beelzebub, Man’s Extraction of Electricity from Nature and Its Destruction During Its Use, Is One of the Chief Causes of the Shortening of the Life of Man (pgs. B1145 – B1160) Chapitre 45 Selon Belzébuth le fait que les hommes captent l’électricité de la…
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BTG LXVIII – Addition
LECTURE NUMBER ONE — THE VARIETY, ACCORDING TO LAW, OF THE MANIFESTATIONS OF HUMAN INDIVIDUALITY (Last read in New York in the Neighborhood Playhouse, January, 1924 ) Addition (in BTG XLVIII)… 1. Man as an Unconscious Slave The ordinary person is a blind tool of universal cosmic purposes, serving Nature’s laws without awareness. Most live and die mechanically,…
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BTG LXVIII – The variety, according to law, of the manifestations of human individuality
LECTURE NUMBER ONE — THE VARIETY, ACCORDING TO LAW, OF THE MANIFESTATIONS OF HUMAN INDIVIDUALITY (Last read in New York in the Neighborhood Playhouse, January, 1924 ) This text (in BTG XLVIII), attributed to G. I. Gurdjieff, presents a radical critique of contemporary human nature, arguing that most people lack true individuality (“I”) and function…
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BTG XXIII
(RBN) BTG XXII BTG XXIV XXIII. The Fourth Personal Sojourn of Beelzebub on the Planet Earth (pgs. B268 – B314) Chapitre 23 Quatrième séjour personnel de Belzébuth sur la planète Terre Capítulo 23 A quarta estadia pessoal de Belzebu sobre o planeta Terra. Beelzebub descended for the forth time to the planet Earth owing to…
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BTG I – O Despertar do Pensar
(RBN) => BTG II I. The Arousing of Thought (pgs. B3 – B50) Chapitre 1 – Eveil du penser I. O Despertar do Pensar AMONG other convictions formed in my common presence during my responsible, peculiarly composed life, there is one such also – an indubitable conviction – that always and everywhere on the earth,…
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BTG XXII
(RBN) BTG XXI BTG XXIII XXII. Beelzebub for the First Time in Tibet (pgs. B252 – B267) Chapitre 22 Belzébuth au Tibet pour la première fois Capítulo 22 Belzebu pela primeira vez no Tibete.
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Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson [BTG – capítulos]
(RBN) Beelzebub’s Tales to his Grandson (1950) All and Everything – First Series An objectively impartial criticism of the life of man Original written in Russian and Armenian. Translations into other languages have been made under the personal direction of the author, by a group of translators chosen by him and specially trained according to…
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BTG XXI
(RBN) BTG XX BTG XXII XXI. The First Visit of Beelzebub to India (pgs. B227 – B251) Chapitre 21 Première visite de Belzébuth aux Indes Capítulo 21 A primeira visita de Belzebu à Índia. Beelzebub continues his recount, describing to Hassein the events that took place during his first visit to India, which happened in…
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BTG XX
(RBN) BTG XIX BTG XXI XX. The Third Flight of Beelzebub to the Planet Earth (pgs. B207 – B226) Chapitre 20 Troisième vol de Belzébuth vers la planète Terre Capítulo 20 O terceiro voo de Belzebu para o planeta Terra. On Beelzebub’s third descent from planet Mars to the planet Earth, his ship Occasion alighted…
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BTG XIX
(RBN) BTG XVIII BTG XX XIX. BEELZEBUB’S Tales About His Second Descent on to the Planet Earth (pgs. B177 – B206) Chapitre 19 Belzébuth raconte sa seconde descente sur la planète Terre Capítulo 19 Relatos de Belzebu sobre sua segunda descida sobre o planeta Terra. Beelzebub recounts to Hassein the events that happened during his…
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BTG XVIII
(RBN) BTG XVII BTG XIX XVIII. The Arch-preposterous (pgs. B149 – B176) Chapitre 18 Archi-fantastique Capítulo 18 O arqui-prepóstero. Beelzebub tells Hassein about his first meeting with Gornahoor Harharkh on the planet Saturn, during his exile in the solar system Ors, where he witnessed those novel experiments elucidating the Omnipresent Okidanokh. This meeting took place…
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BTG XVII
(RBN) BTG XVI BTG XVIII XVII. The Arch-Absurd: According to the Assertion of Beelzebub, Our Sun Neither Lights nor Heats (pgs. B134 – B148) Chapitre 17 Archi-absurde Capítulo 17 O arqui-absurdo: de acordo com a assertiva de Belzebu, nosso sol nem ilumina nem aquece. In order that Hassein may have some idea of how completely…
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BTG XVI
(RBN) BTG XV BTG XVII XVI. The Relative Understanding of Time (pgs. B121 – B133) Chapitre 16 Relativité de la notion de Temps Capítulo 16 A relativa compreensão do Tempo. Beelzebub explains to Hassein how those three-brained beings who breed on the planet Earth calculate Time, and how the being-sensation in their presence of what…
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BTG XV
(RBN) BTG XIV BTG XVI XV. The First Descent of Beelzebub upon the Planet Earth (pgs. B109 – B120) Chapitre 15 Première descente de Belzébuth sur la Terre Capítulo 15 A Primeira descida de Belzebu sobre o planeta Terra. Beelzebub recounts to Hassein the events that took place during his first descent on the planet…
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BTG XIV
(RBN) BTG XIII BTG XV XIV. The Beginnings of Perspectives Promising Nothing Very Cheerful (pgs. B106 – B108) Chapitre 14 Où l’on entrevoit une perspective qui ne promet rien de très gai Capítulo 14 As origens de perspectivas prometendo nenhum grande contentamento. Beelzebub continues his narration about the beings the planet Earth saying that in…
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BTG XIII
(RBN) BTG XII BTG IV XIII. Why in Man’s Reason Fantasy May Be Perceived as Reality (pgs. B103 – B105) Chapitre 13 Pourquoi, dans la raison de l’homme, l’imaginaire peut être perçu comme réel Capítulo 13 Por que na razão do homem a fantasia pode ser percebida como realidade. To Hassein’s question, why the beings…
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BTG XII The First “Growl”
(RBN) BTG XI <=> BTG XIII XII. The First “Growl” (pgs. B98 – B102) Chapitre 12 Premiers grondements Capítulo 12 Primeiros rugidos. A LITTLE later, Beelzebub began to speak as follows: ”A story I have just recalled, connected with these ‘anathemas’ I have mentioned, may provide very useful material for beginning to comprehend the strangeness…
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BTG XI A Piquant Trait of the Peculiar Psyche of Contemporary Man
(RBN) BTG X <=> BTG XII XI. A Piquant Trait of the Peculiar Psyche of Contemporary Man (pgs. B94 – B97) Chapitre 11 Un trait piquant de l’original psychisme des hommes Capítulo 11 Um traço picante da peculiar psique do homem contemporâneo. ”NOW let us return to those three-brained beings arising on the planet Earth,…
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BTG X Why “Men” Are Not Men
(RBN) BTG IX <=> BTG XI X. Why “Men” Are Not Men (pgs. B87 — B93) Chapitre 10 Pourquoi les « hommes » ne sont pas des hommes Capítulo 10 Porque “homens” não são homens. BEELZEBUB sighed deeply and continued to speak as follows: ”After the actualizing on this planet of the ‘Ilnosoparnian’ process, one…