vismayo yoga-bhūmikāḥ ॥ Les champs du yoga sont émerveillement. Śiva-Sūtra 1.12
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Pierre Bonnasse, Inner Traditions, USA, 2008.
Translation by Ariel Godwin.
The Magic Language of the Fourth Way
Awakening the Power of the Word
Words possessed magical powers in the first days of humanity when they created the reality of what they described. Pierre Bonnasse applies the esoteric teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff and René Daumal to show how the power given to words by the notes of the scale can lead to spiritual advancement.
Pierre Bonnasse brings 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 & Director of Blueberry (Renegades)
I know of no finer or deeper contemporary tribute to the worth of Daumal's life than Bonnasse's words. (Read more...)
— John Robert Colombo
(...) This is a very thought-provoking book filled with information. It is a challenging read (...), it also includes copious diagrams and end reference notes which will thrill the avid investigator. It aligns thought with music, which is utterly mind-blowing and it explains Gurdjieff’s magnificent spiritual contribution to humanity in a very different way. This book is highly recommended for the serious student of modern spiritual thought.
— Lesley Crossingham, New Dawn Magazine No. 112, 2009.
I found the The Magic Language of the Fourth Way to be a powerful step into the world of language and music for anyone seeking a spiritual advancement through exact and precise knowledge. (...) If you want to go deep into the science of consciousness and reality you will want to read and study this book.
— Rahasya Poe, Lotus Guide Magazine, sep.-oct 2008.
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.
The Magic Language of the Fourth Way is a long, very deep and thoughtful piece of writing, full of words which are meant to show us how to discard words (...) dedicated to finding a higher path. The book is more than "the finger pointing to the moon" – it is a full, exhaustive map of the moon, a guidebook for spiritual astronauts. Those who are intrigued by the possibility of the mind conquering itself will find this book a welcome feast of mental exercise. I make these statements with no intended sarcasm. The Indian spiritual master Meher Baba stated that "to try to understand with the mind that which the mind can never understand is futile." This is a truth that Pierre Bonnasse grapples with, and his courage in producing his book, from his own large store of knowledge, will be appreciated by those who are also wrestling with these complex concepts in an attempt at simplification and an eye toward enlightenment.
— Barbara Bamberger Scott, Curled Up With A Good Book, 2008
Bonnasse sees writing as a conscious act, a form of praying, a way of being, a state of consciousness (…) makes some excellent points that are fully relevant (…) Pierre Bonnasse's book resembles a music box: Lift its lid and it plays (…) "The Magic Language of the Fourth Way" brims over with good spirits and bubbles over with enthusiasm and recurrence and reiteration and recapitulation. (…) the insights are so pivotal that the reader is left to wonder why the points did not occur to him or to her before Bonnasse gave them expression. This is language itself at work in the spirit of man. (…) There has always been a spiritual dimension to poetry, something "magical" about all the arts. So our time may truly be "the dawn of the magicians."
— John Robert Colombo, Magic Language Words?, WordPress.com, 2008
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