The Magic Language of the Fourth Way: Awakening the Power of the Word - Softcover

Bonnasse, Pierre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594772320 ISBN 13: 9781594772320

Publisher: Inner Traditions, 2008

Synopsis

An application of Gurdjieffian principles to fully and properly activate the power of language

· Explains the relationship between the Gurdjieff enneagram and sacred geometry and harmonics

· Shows that the objective power of language--and art and music--lies in the ability to use symbols that will mean precisely the same thing to anyone

· Includes a new English translation of René Daumal’s essay “The Holy War”

In The Magic Language of the Fourth Way, Pierre Bonnasse applies the esoteric teachings of Fourth Way mystic G. I. Gurdjieff and the insights of initiate René Daumal to show how to fully and properly activate the power of language. Bonnasse shows how words can regain the strange magical powers they possessed in the first days of humanity, when words created the realities of what they described. This is a far cry from today’s world in which even writers lament the impotent nature of language.

Bonnasse uses the relationship between the Gurdjieff enneagram and sacred geometry and harmonics to reveal the power given to words by the notes of the scale. He shows not only how to discover the objective power of words but also how to apply the relationship between language and living to maximum effect. He explains that the objective power of language--and art and music--lies in the ability to use symbols that will mean precisely the same thing to anyone. The Magic Language of the Fourth Way serves as a clear and generous introduction to the complexities of Gurdjieffian thought as well as a descriptive how-to manual for Fourth Way aspirants on the uses of objective language for spiritual advancement.

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From the Author

Pierre Bonnasse is a poet, international consultant in Sophrology, student of Fourth Way esoteric traditions, and researcher of religious sciences, hermetic philosophies, and “sciences of consciousness.” He is the author of several collections of poems, numerous articles and chronicles, and the anthology Les Voix de l’Extase [The Voices of Ecstasy]. He lives in France.

From the Back Cover

PHILOSOPHY / LANGUAGE

“Pierre Bonnasse helps us to perceive the secret landscape where words arise, a forgotten world that is closer than ever. Here is a poetic journey to the source of human consciousness. Be careful--this book is magic!”
--Jan Kounen, film producer and director of Blueberry (Renegade)

In The Magic Language of the Fourth Way, Pierre Bonnasse applies the esoteric teachings of Fourth Way mystic G. I. Gurdjieff and the insights of initiate René Daumal to show how to fully and properly activate the power of language. Bonnasse shows how words can regain the strange magical powers they possessed in the first days of humanity, when words created the realities of what they described. This is a far cry from today’s world in which even writers lament the impotent nature of language.

Bonnasse uses the relationship between the Gurdjieff enneagram and sacred geometry and harmonics to reveal the power given to words by the notes of the scale. He shows not only how to discover the objective power of words but also how to apply the relationship between language and living to maximum effect. explains that the objective power of language--and art and music--lies in the ability to use symbols that will mean precisely the same thing to anyone. The Magic Language of the Fourth Way serves as a clear and generous introduction to the complexities of Gurdjieffian thought as well as a descriptive how-to manual for Fourth Way aspirants on the uses of objective language for spiritual advancement.

PIERRE BONNASSE is a poet, international consultant in Sophrology, student of Fourth Way esoteric traditions, and researcher of religious sciences, hermetic philosophies, and “sciences of consciousness.” He is the author of several collections of poems, numerous articles and chronicles, and the anthology Les Voix de l’Extase [The Voices of Ecstasy]. He lives in France.

About this edition

• Publisher: Inner Traditions
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1594772320
• ISBN 13: 9781594772320
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384