J. G. Bennett Quote


"If you were thoroughly familiar with 'Beelzebub's Tales'  and knew what was written over the entrance to Purgatory, you would really understand without my having to say so that the completion of Man is not possible until he has fully accepted all other Beings, and broken down all inner barriers between himself and all other Beings."

(Theme presentation: THIRD LINE OF WORK, January 29th, 1973)

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# TITLE DATE
     
  PUBLIC LECTURES  
     
SHT034 Concern for the Future - Public lecture, Kensington Library, London 3/15/1972
SHT100 Gurdjieff: His Life and His Work - Public lecture, Friends House Oxford 3/8/1973
SHT015 To Be or Not To Be - Conway Hall, London 6/8/1973
SHT002 Gurdjieff: Making a New World - Caxton Hall, London 11/23/1973
SHT003 The Fourth Way - Friends Meeting House, London 11/6/1974
SHT054 Cosmic Consciousness - Lecture to Radionics Foundation 11/7/1972
SHT055 New Age and Community Life, Lecture at Beshara, Swyre Farm,  Gloucestershire June 1974
SHT065
Language, Gesture and Ritual, Introduction to a Movements Demonstration,
Sherborne House		 4/15/1972
     
  SHERBORNE COURSE LECTURES
  
     
SHT117 THE THREE DOMAINS - Second Basic Course lecture
1/23/1973
SHT001 The Sermon on The Mount Aug. 1973
SHT004 Sex 1: The Cosmic Significance of Sex - Sherborne House lecture 4/30/1974
SHT005 Sex 2: The Sex Function - Sherborne House lecture 5/1/1974
SHT006 Sex 3: The Role of Sex in Human Relationships - Sherborne House lecture 5/2/1974
SHT007 The Master Idea of the New Epoch - Sherborne House lecture 4/9/1974
SHT008 The Ideal Society - Sherborne House lecture 7/1/1974
SHT019 The Two Streams of Life - Sherborne House lecture
June 21st, 1974
SHT023 The Heropass - Sherborne House lecture (The last lecture before Bennett's death) December 11th, 1974
SHT097 Introduction to the Esoteric Phase - Third Basic Course April 18th, 1974
SHT099 The Enneagram of Life on Earth - Third Basic Course April 18th, 1974
     
  COSMOLOGY LECTURES  
     
SHT009 The Holy Planet Purgatory , Groups 1&2 - Sherborne House lecture 4th December 1974
SHT010 The Holy Planet Purgatory, Group 3 - Sherborne House lectures 5th December 1974
SHT011 The Holy Planet Purgatory and the rest of "Beelzebub's Tales" - Sherborne House lecture December 1974
SHT012 The Notion of the Transfinite, Group 1 - Sherborne House lecture May 9th, 1974
SHT013 The Notion of the Transfinite, Group 2 - Sherborne House lecture May 9th, 1974
SHT014 The Notion of the Transfinite, Group 3 - Sherborne House lecture May 8th, 1974
SHT016 The Tetrad of Deity, Group 1 - Sherborne House lecture May 13th, 1974
SHT017 The Tetrad of Deity, Group 2 - Sherborne House lecture May 14th, 1974
SHT018 The Tetrad of Deity, Group 3 - Sherborne House lecture May 14th, 1974
SHT020A The Demiurge/Wisdom - Sherborne House lecture July 29th, 1974
SHT021 The Tetrad of Vitality, Group 1- Sherborne House lecture May 5th, 1974
SHT022 The Tetrad of Vitality, Group 2 - Sherborne House lecture May 5th, 1974
SHT024 Conscious Labour and Intentional Suffering - Sherborne House lecture April 8th 1974
SHT025 Function, Being and Will, Group 1  - Sherborne House lecture October 7th, 1974
SHT026 Function, Being and Will Group 2  - Sherborne House lecture October 8th, 1974
SHT027 Energies, Group 1 - Sherborne House lecture *** UNAVAILABLE***  
SHT028 Energies, Group 2  - Sherborne House lecture October 15th, 1974
SHT029 The Tetrad of Materiality, Group 1  - Sherborne House lecture May 29th, 1974
SHT030 The Tetrad of Materiality, Group 2 - Sherborne House lecture May 30th, 1974
SHT040 Centres in Normal Man - Group 1, Sherborne House Lecture October 21st, 1974
     
  SHERBORNE HOUSE THEME TALKS  
     
SHT062 Theme Observations: LIVING IN TWO WORLDS, - First Basic Course April 6th, 1972
SHT063 Theme Discussion: LIVING IN TWO WORLDS -  First Basic Course  
SHT068 The Presentation: SACRIFICE,  First Basic Course May 1st, 1972
SHT069 Theme Observations: SACRIFICE  First Basic Course May 5th, 1972
SHT074 The Observations: CHALLENGE - First Basic Course May 12th, 1974
SHT103 Theme Presentation: THE REVERSAL OF THE FLOW OF FORCES - Second Basic Course December 11th, 1972
SHT104 Theme Observations: THE REVERSAL OF THE FLOW OF FORCES - Second Basic Course December 15th, 1972
SHT105 Theme discussion - THE REVERSAL OF THE FLOW OF FORCES - Second Basic Course December 18th, 1972
SHT116 Theme presentation: WHAT STAKES ARE WE PLAYING FOR? - Second Basic Course January 1st, 1973
SHT106 Theme Presentation  and Discussion: WORK ON ONESELF - Second Basic Course  
SHT107 Theme Observations: WORK ON ONESELF - Second Basic Course  
SHT109 Theme Presentation and Discussion: SENSATION - Second Basic Course December 3rd/10th, 1972
SHT110 Theme observations: UNDERSTANDING - First Basic Course August 11th, 1972
SHT095 Theme Presentation and Discussion: THE FORMATORY APPARATUS - Second Basic Course June 9th, 1973
SHT111 Theme Observations : NOTICING - Second Basic Course December 1st, 1972
SHT113 Theme observations: RESPONSIBILITY - First Basic Course June 30th, 1972
SHT118 Theme Presentation: FOOD - Second Basic Course January 8th, 1973
SHT119 Theme Observations: FOOD - Second Basic Course January 12th, 1973
SHT120 Theme Discussion: SPEECH - First Basic Course April 17th, 1972
SHT121 Theme Presentation: WHOLENESS - First Basic Course April 17th, 1972
SHT122 Theme Discussion: WHOLENESS - First Basic Course April 24th, 1972
SHT123 Theme Presentation: SENSATION - Second Basic Course December 3rd, 1972
SHT124 Theme Observations: SENSATION - Second Basic Course December 8th, 1972
SHT125 Theme Discussion: SELF-KNOWLEDGE - Second Basic Course December 23rd, 1972
SHT126A Theme Presentation: FORMATORY APPARATUS - Second Basic Course May 14th, 1973
SHT126B Theme Discussion: FORMATORY APPARATUS - Second Basic Course May 18th 1972
  SPECIAL RECORDINGS  
     
  Hasan Shushud lecture April 15th, 1972
SHT112 Radio interview on Gurdjieff with Lord Thurlow, Diane Cilento, Anthony Shaffer June 1974
  Interview with Steve Allen on Subud 1959
SHT052 The Shivapuri Baba Interviews 1962