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G.I. Gurdjieff
1. Beelzebubs Tales to His Grandson
Beelzebubs Tales to His Grandson First Book
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Produktdetails
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Gesprochen von
Wolfgang SchraderSpieldauer
18 Stunden und 39 Minuten
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Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
18.05.2026
Hörtyp
Lesung
Fassung
ungekürzt
Medium
MP3
Anzahl Dateien
22
Verlag
GD PublishingSprache
Englisch
EAN
9783693303658
Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson is the first book of G. I. Gurdjieff's monumental trilogy All and Everything. Conceived as both a cosmological epic and a profound work of inner instruction, the book presents its teachings through an unusual narrative framework that deliberately challenges the reader's habitual modes of perception and understanding.
The story is framed as a series of conversations between Beelzebub — a high-ranking cosmic being exiled from the Solar System — and his beloved grandson Hassein. During a long interstellar journey aboard the spacecraft Karnak, Beelzebub recounts the history of the universe, the laws governing cosmic processes, and, above all, the tragic and peculiar condition of humanity on the planet Earth.
Through this fictional yet rigorously structured device, Gurdjieff seeks to bypass conventional philosophical exposition. Instead of offering teachings directly, he embeds them in myth, satire, scientific speculation, and moral commentary, compelling the listener to engage actively with the material rather than passively absorb it.
At the cosmic level, Beelzebub explains the fundamental laws of the universe — especially the Law of Three and the Law of Seven — which govern all processes, from the creation of galaxies to the functioning of the human psyche. These laws provide a unifying framework linking physics, metaphysics, biology, and psychology, presenting the cosmos as an ordered but fragile system, maintained through conscious participation rather than mechanical causality alone.
A central theme of the book is the degeneration of humanity. Beelzebub describes how early humans once possessed a harmonious relationship between thinking, feeling, and bodily instinct, enabling conscious evolution. This balance, however, was gradually lost due to a series of cosmic misunderstandings, catastrophic events, and—most critically—the implantation of artificial psychological mechanisms that distorted human perception and behavior.
The story is framed as a series of conversations between Beelzebub — a high-ranking cosmic being exiled from the Solar System — and his beloved grandson Hassein. During a long interstellar journey aboard the spacecraft Karnak, Beelzebub recounts the history of the universe, the laws governing cosmic processes, and, above all, the tragic and peculiar condition of humanity on the planet Earth.
Through this fictional yet rigorously structured device, Gurdjieff seeks to bypass conventional philosophical exposition. Instead of offering teachings directly, he embeds them in myth, satire, scientific speculation, and moral commentary, compelling the listener to engage actively with the material rather than passively absorb it.
At the cosmic level, Beelzebub explains the fundamental laws of the universe — especially the Law of Three and the Law of Seven — which govern all processes, from the creation of galaxies to the functioning of the human psyche. These laws provide a unifying framework linking physics, metaphysics, biology, and psychology, presenting the cosmos as an ordered but fragile system, maintained through conscious participation rather than mechanical causality alone.
A central theme of the book is the degeneration of humanity. Beelzebub describes how early humans once possessed a harmonious relationship between thinking, feeling, and bodily instinct, enabling conscious evolution. This balance, however, was gradually lost due to a series of cosmic misunderstandings, catastrophic events, and—most critically—the implantation of artificial psychological mechanisms that distorted human perception and behavior.
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