_____

[YinYang]

Well, I was viewing the website of the writer of "The Three Dangerous Magi" and found this:

The matter of 'dangerous magi' has not been entirely understood. 'Dangerous' refers, of course, to 'danger' to the status quo (particularly to established religious doctrine, and the need for 'three new wise men' to bear witness to a 'new star' in a highly dangerous time), and more subtly, to the risks involved in keeping company with such teachers -- although as should be clear from my writing in the book, I am of the view that such 'danger' is chiefly to one's own ego and its precious needs to control one's small world.

That doesn't really sound like he actually viewed them as dangerous black magicians so I will obviously have to read the actual book if I am going to get an accurate idea of what he is actually presenting. Do you know of any online copies?

If anything, from his write-up on the book it seems that he and I share the same view of many of these individuals not exactly having 'full enlightenment' or the sort, but who are interesting individuals of 'crazy wisdom'. I admit, I have a penchant for the crazy wisdom, so maybe I am already doomed, I am sorry if that is the case, my friend.

http://www.ptmistlberger.com/the-three-d...s-magi.php

I don't know of any online copies of the book. You won't be doomed if you plunge into this saga, quite the contrary, it's a marvellous education full of twists and turns! Magic, suicides, spies, political intrigue, Nazis, rape...you name it! They should make a movie about this, it would be a blockbuster! It would just require an excessive cast.

The only lingering mistery is how anyone can still take Gurdjieff seriously after James Webb's thoroughly researched expose, may he rest in peace, along with a large collection of memoirs and biographies of those who were there in the flesh, works of other researchers, and of course Ouspensky's tell-all memoir In Search of the Miraculous.