Download or read book The Psychology of Man s Possible Evolution written by Peter Demianovich Ouspensky and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I SHALL speak about the study of psychology, but I must warn you that the psychology about which I speak is very different from anything you may know under this name. To begin with I must say that practically never in history has psychology stood at so low a level as at the present time. It has lost all touch with its origin and its meaning so that now it is even difficult to define the term psychology: that is, to say what psychology is and what it studies. And this is so in spite of the fact that never in history have there been so many psychological theories and so many psychological writings. Psychology is sometimes called a new science. This is quite wrong. Psychology is, perhaps, the oldest science, and, unfortunately, in its most essential features a forgotten science. In order to understand how psychology can be denned it is necessary to realise that psychology except in modern times has never existed under its own name. For one reason or another psychology always was suspected of wrong or subversive tendencies either religious or political or moral and had to use different disguises. For thousands of years psychology existed under the name of philosophy. In India all forms of Yoga, which are essentially psychology, are described as one of the six systems of philosophy. Sufi teachings. which again are chiefly psychological, are regarded as partly religious and partly metaphysical. In Europe, even quite recently in the last decades of the nineteenth century, many works on psychology were referred to as philosophy. And in spite of the fact that almost all sub-divisions of philosophy such as logic, the theory of cognition, ethics, aesthetics, referred to the work of the human mind or senses, psychology was regarded as inferior to philosophy and as relating only to the lower or more trivial sides of human nature. Parallel with its existence under the name of philosophy, psychology existed even longer connected with one or another religion. It does not mean that religion and psychology ever were one and the same thing, or that the fact of the connection between religion and psychology was recognised. But there is no doubt that almost every known religion—certainly I do not mean modern sham religions—developed one or another kind of psychological teaching connected often with a certain practice, so that the study of religion very often included in itself the study of psychology. There are many excellent works on psychology in quite orthodox religious literature of different countries and epochs. For instance, in early Christianity there was a collection of books of different authors under the general name of Philokalia, used in our time in the Eastern Church, especially for the instruction of monks. During the time when psychology was connected with philosophy and religion it also existed in the form of Art. Poetry, Drama, Sculpture, Dancing, even Architecture, were means for transmitting psychological knowledge. For instance, the Gothic Cathedrals were in their chief meaning works on psychology. In the ancient times before philosophy, religion and art had taken their separate forms as we now know them, psychology had existed in the form of Mysteries, such as those of Egypt and of ancient Greece. Later, after the disappearance of the Mysteries, psychology existed in the form of Symbolical Teachings which were sometimes connected with the religion of the period and sometimes not connected, such as Astrology, Alchemy, Magic, and the more modern: Masonry, Occultism and Theosophy. And here it is necessary to note that all psychological systems and doctrines, those that exist or existed openly and those that were hidden or disguised, can be divided into two chief categories. First: systems which study man as they find him, or such as they suppose or imagine him to be. Modern ‘scientific’ psychology or what is known under that name belongs to this category. Second: systems which study man not from the point of view of what he is, or what he seems to be, but from the point of view of what he may become; that is, from the point of view of his possible evolution.
Download or read book The Psychology of Man s Possible Evolution written by P. D. Ouspensky and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-22 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Psychology of Man's Possible EvolutionBy P. D. Ouspensky
Download or read book The Psychology of Man s Possible Evolution written by Petr Demʹi︠a︡novich Uspenskiĭ and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Psychology of Man s Possible Evolution And The Cosmology of Man s Possible Evolution written by Petr Demʹi︠a︡novich Uspenskiĭ and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Psychology Of Mans Possible Evolution written by P. D. Ouspensky and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-16 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facsimile of 1951 Edition. In this book the author gives a clear and simple account of Gurdjieff's teaching on Man and his nature. Anyone who wishes to think for himself and is not afraid to face the truth about his own nature can find his starting point in this book. These lectures by Ouspensky were originally given from 1921 to 1947 and revised for publication by the author himself before his death in 1947. The lectures are indispensable to every serious student of normal and paranormal psychology. Furthermore, they can be studied by any person without scientific training or any prior knowledge of psychology. The lectures enable anyone to find for themselves the basis for self-study and self-development according to the ideas of Gurdjieff.
Download or read book A New Model of the Universe written by P. D. Ouspensky and published by . This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2013 Reprint of 1931 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. In this classic work, Ouspenky analyzes certain of the older schools of thought from the East and the West, connecting them with modern ideas and explaining them in light of the most recent discoveries and speculations in newer schools of philosophy and religion. In the course of his research he integrates the theories of relativity, the fourth dimension and current psychological theories. The book closes with a consideration of the sex problem from the perspective of sex in relation to the evolution of man toward superman.
Download or read book The Psychology of Man s Possible Evolution written by P D Ouspensky and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facsimile of 1951 Edition. In this book the author gives a clear and simple account of Gurdjieff's teaching on Man and his nature. Anyone who wishes to think for himself and is not afraid to face the truth about his own nature can find his starting point in this book. These lectures by Ouspensky were originally given from 1921 to 1947 and revised for publication by the author himself before his death in 1947. The lectures are indispensable to every serious student of normal and paranormal psychology. Furthermore, they can be studied by any person without scientific training or any prior knowledge of psychology. The lectures enable anyone to find for themselves the basis for self-study and self-development according to the ideas of Gurdjieff.
Download or read book Strange Life of Ivan Osokin written by P. D. Ouspensky and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A brilliant fantasy." -- Manchester Guardian. What would you do if you could re-live your life? In his only novel, occultist P. D. Ouspensky expands upon his concept of eternal recurrence, telling of a man who travels back in time and attempts to correct the mistakes of his schooldays and early manhood, including his romantic misadventures. Set in Moscow and Paris, the story served as an inspiration for the movie Groundhog Day.
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Download or read book Talks with a Devil written by P. D. Ouspensky and published by Red Wheel. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ouspensky has written two stories: "The Inventor" -- an allegory of a modern person faced with the consequences of the miracles of science and technology -- a devilish technology, and "The Benevolent Devil" -- a story that takes place in Ceylon where a young man determines to do battle for his soul -- of course with the "devil!"
Download or read book In Search of the Miraculous written by P. D. Ouspensky and published by Rare Treasure Editions. This book was released on 2021-11-06T15:19:00Z with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recounts P. D. Ouspensky's first meeting and subsequent association with George Gurdjieff. It is widely regarded as perhaps the most comprehensive account of Gurdjieff's system of thought available. Many followers regard it as a "fundamental textbook" of Gurdjieff's teachings and it is often used as a means of introducing new students to Gurdjieff's system of self-development.
