Comments on: Burton vs Gurdjieff http://www.gurdjieff-con.net/2008/08/03/burton-vs-gurdjieff/ Debriefing the Gurdjieff work Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jim Buck http://www.gurdjieff-con.net/2008/08/03/burton-vs-gurdjieff/comment-page-1/#comment-35778 jim Buck Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:15:53 +0000 http://www.gurdjieff-con.net/?p=37#comment-35778 'We seem to find nothing but the public hype of celebrities and intelligence agents passing for ancient wisdom.' George Borrow (author of The Bible in Spain) was ostensibly an agent of The British and Foreign Bilbe Society. He periodically passed the BFBS "intelligence"--encouraging them in the belief that Jeremy Bentham was becoming a household name in Madrid (1836)! It was all bollocks of course and what Borrow was really doing was enjoying the broad educational experience of foreign travel. Burton is a similar case; and so it seems was Gurdjieff; but so were many travellers abroad, whose journeies took place before the era of mass tourism--one's patriotic duty, don't yah know? ‘We seem to find nothing but the public hype of celebrities and intelligence agents passing for ancient wisdom.’

George Borrow (author of The Bible in Spain) was ostensibly an agent of The British and Foreign Bilbe Society. He periodically passed the BFBS “intelligence”–encouraging them in the belief that Jeremy Bentham was becoming a household name in Madrid (1836)! It was all bollocks of course and what Borrow was really doing was enjoying the broad educational experience of foreign travel. Burton is a similar case; and so it seems was Gurdjieff; but so were many travellers abroad, whose journeies took place before the era of mass tourism–one’s patriotic duty, don’t yah know?

]]> By: The Gurdjieff Con » Rajneesh charge of fascism against the ‘buddhists’ http://www.gurdjieff-con.net/2008/08/03/burton-vs-gurdjieff/comment-page-1/#comment-77 The Gurdjieff Con » Rajneesh charge of fascism against the ‘buddhists’ Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:13:19 +0000 http://www.gurdjieff-con.net/?p=37#comment-77 [...] Another interesting comment, this time bringing in Burton. These different perspectives are useful (although if Burton was another intelligence agent, I am getting restive. We seem to find nothing but the public hype of celebrities and intelligence agents passing for ancient wisdom. I am not going to take on Gurdjieff and exempt sufis). [...] [...] Another interesting comment, this time bringing in Burton. These different perspectives are useful (although if Burton was another intelligence agent, I am getting restive. We seem to find nothing but the public hype of celebrities and intelligence agents passing for ancient wisdom. I am not going to take on Gurdjieff and exempt sufis). [...]

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