{"id":1209,"date":"2021-11-07T20:59:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T00:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robcouture.com\/blog\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2021-11-07T20:59:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T00:59:07","slug":"gurdjieff-death-and-immortality-two-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robcouture.com\/blog\/gurdjieff-death-and-immortality-two-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Gurdjieff, Death, and Immortality: Two Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In early 2020, I had been considering attending the All & Everything conference, since it was to be held in Salem, Massachusetts, not far from where I live. But then circumstances caused the in-person conference to be cancelled and instead, the conference would be held online. This was less interesting to me, so I did not attend.<\/p>\n

Still, I had an interest in what was to be presented at the conference. And in researching what papers were to be submitted to the conference, I came across a paper by Jan Jarvis and later a rebuttal to her paper by Rafael Lefort Jr.<\/p>\n

The papers were particularly interesting to me in that they presented Gurdjieff\u2019s ideas on death and immortality, the rebuttal more accurately than the original paper, in my opinion.<\/p>\n

The Jarvis 2020 paper is titled Role of Abstract Ideals in the Creation of the Kesdjan<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Lefort Jr rebuttal is titled Esoteric Christianity vs. Secular Humanism in Esoteric Clothing: A Rebuttal to \u2018Role of Abstract Ideals in the Creation of the Kesdjan\u2019<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The original paper was presented at a conference in 2020 and recently, the Q&A for the conference was published. It is evident however from the Q&A that her assertions were hardly challenged at all.<\/p>\n

If you’re interested in the topics of death and immortality as presented by Gurdjieff, I recommend reading the rebuttal\u2014it touches on all of the points of the original paper and is more thoroughly researched on the topics presented. To date, I have seen no counter paper to refute the Lefort Jr rebuttal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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