Talks Devil by Ouspensky (43 results)

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Condition: As New. Used hardcover, like new in original dust jacket. Contents clean and sharp with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. 1973 First American edition. Fine copy.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Printing. First printing, mass market paperback, has very slight bumps to spine ends and corners, a hint of very slight edgewear, and some very faint rubbing, otherwise a bright, solid VG+ copy.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. Good Condition. Has tearing. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

Paperback. first edition. 82574 very good + paperback.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Minimal wear to paperback. No marks or names inside. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. NrF Shadow From Sticker Remove/Near Fine light Edge Darkened. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. CLOSED TEAR TO THE UNCLIPPED DJ.

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hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Some wear and yellowing to jacket and text. Pages are neat and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. pp147, soft creases to cover.

Condition: Good. Original red boards, dust jacket (plastiziced), 8vo.; Cover with dust jacket laminated.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 4" x 7" Paperback. 208 pp. Rubbing to extremities, light creasing to corners. Age toned to interior.

hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st. 8vo, 176 pp., Edited & with an introduction by J.G. Bennett; translated by Katya Petroff. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket.

Red hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First British Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover lightly bumped and marked. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 155pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Introduced and edited by J. G. Bennett. Translated by Katya Petroff. The two unrelated stories in this book, "The Inventor" and "The Benevolent Devil," were written just before Ouspensky met Gurdjieff and just after he had returned from the East, "in search of the miraculous." They examine the whole question of conscious evil and the view that humanity's chief error is believing that the material world is the only reality. The Inventor is an allegorical story about a man faced with the consequences of modern science and technology. Ouspensky insisted that evil is seldom performed with conscious intent, but most often the result of our hypnotically conditioned state of sleep, automatic actions and responses, and the absence of intention, for which we are indirectly responsible because it is actually in our power to awaken. This theme runs throughout the story as the inventor seems to do harm particularly when he intends to do good, and cannot bring himself to accept the disastrous consequences of his own works of genius. In The Benevolent Devil, a young English civil servant living in Ceylon determines to do battle for his soul. He must confront the devil, who seeks to prevent him from waking from his imprisonment in materiality only because he will not face and accept the truth that reality is not of this world. The suggestion that runs through both stories - that devils are interested in us only when we make a real effort to escape - represents a viewpoint to which Ouspensky often returned. He felt that only a few people are able to recognize that the price of doing the right thing is inevitably to expose oneself to opposition and even to the threat of destruction. Ouspensky intuitively knew that some people see reality while the majority see only appearances, a realization even more relevant today than when he wrote these stories over eighty years ago. He felt that if enough people can see and accept the challenge to awaken, we can change the world. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 176 pages. No Dust Jacket as published. Black titles spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Philosophy; Fiction; Esoteric; Magic, Paranormal & Occult; Religion & Theology. ISBN: 1578631645. ISBN/EAN: 9781578631643. Inventory No: 4898.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Attractive, pictorial dust jacket in protective mylar. Book.

paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Two octavo books. The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution. New York, 1965. Fourth printing. Pp. 114. NF in green cloth boards. no jacket. Together with: Talks with a Devil. Translated by K. Petroff, edited by J. G. Bennett. VG in maroon cloth boards and fair jacket, with chip and dampstain.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 176 pages. Original Russian publication Petrograd 1916 This English edition translated by Katy Petroff. Edited and introduced by J.G. Bennett. Slight wrinkling of front right of cover.

Softcover. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. A knock to upper corner of rear cover near head of spine, with some creasing to the corner of the rear cover and the corner of some leaves at rear. Bookseller's label on inside of front cover. Small price sticker on rear cover.; [6], 176, [2] pages. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 208 x 137mm. "Two allegories by Ouspensky: 'The Intentor" the devil of technology being faced with the miracles of science and 'The Benevolent Devil' where a young man does battle for his soul. Introduced and edited by J. G. Bennett" - from front cover. Very Good- No dust jacket as issued. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 155 pages. Original Russian publication Petrograd 1916 This English edition translated by Katy Petroff. Edited and introduced by J.G. Bennett.