{"product_id":"beelzebubs-tales-to-his-grandson","title":"Beelzebub's Tales to his Grandson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eG.I. Gurdjieff\u003c\/strong\u003e (author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBEELZEBUB'S TALES TO HIS GRANDSON is Gurdjieff's world-famous cosmological epic. It examines human life on Earth from the viewpoint of beings belonging to a distant world, led by the 'all-wise Beelzebub'. Through this cosmological allegory - rich in humour, anecdote and linguistic elaboration - Gurdjieff demonstrates a methodology for the spiritual growth of all mankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"mwBw\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eGeorge Ivanovich Gurdjieff (\u003cabbr title=\"circa\" id=\"mwCQ\"\u003ec.\u003c\/abbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: nowrap;\" id=\"mwCg\"\u003e 1866–1877\u003c\/span\u003e – 29 October 1949) was a \u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philosopher\" title=\"Philosopher\" class=\"mw-redirect\" id=\"mwCw\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ephilosopher\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mysticism\" title=\"Mysticism\" id=\"mwDA\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003emystic\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spiritual_teacher\" title=\"Spiritual teacher\" class=\"mw-redirect\" id=\"mwDQ\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003espiritual teacher\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Composer\" title=\"Composer\" id=\"mwDg\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ecomposer\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gurdjieff_movements\" title=\"Gurdjieff movements\" id=\"mwDw\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003emovements teacher\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003csup class=\"mw-ref reference\" id=\"cite_ref-1\" rel=\"dc:references\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eGurdjieff taught that people are not conscious of themselves and thus live their lives in a state of hypnotic \"waking sleep\", but that it is possible to awaken to a higher state of consciousness to \"remember ourselves\" and serve our purpose as human beings. The aim of his teaching is that people should become aware of the meaning of their presence on earth and of their place in the scale of \u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Being\" title=\"Being\" class=\"mw-redirect\" id=\"mwFQ\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ebeing\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup class=\"mw-ref reference\" id=\"cite_ref-2\" rel=\"dc:references\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e His student \u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/P._D._Ouspensky\" title=\"P. D. Ouspensky\" id=\"mwGg\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eP. D. Ouspensky\u003c\/a\u003e referred to Gurdjieff's teachings as the \"\u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fourth_Way\" title=\"Fourth Way\" id=\"mwGw\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eFourth Way\u003c\/a\u003e\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePenguin\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublication date ‏ : ‎\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 2000\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePrint length ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e1248 pages\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e9780140194739\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Rudolf Steiner Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58799947022720,"sku":"9780140194739","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0795\/3281\/8754\/files\/BeelzebubsTales.jpg?v=1787929044","url":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookshop.co.uk\/products\/beelzebubs-tales-to-his-grandson","provider":"Rudolf Steiner Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}