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A N D EVERYTHING

ALL AND EVERYTHING

Thre e o texts ha\'e the overall title: All and Ten

Books in 71zn:e Series . hese consist of the Hrst Serie An Objectively
Impartial Criticism t? f the life of Matt or Beelzebub 1 Tales tn HIS Grandson
(in three books), the Second Meetings with Remark11hle Men (in
three hooks) and the Third Series f.i{e is Real Only T11en, When 'I Am '
(in fuur books).
Gurdjieff gave specific aims fur e·.ach of his teJrnl: Tale.s was intended
to destroy the world-view of it-i readers, Meetings Jimed to give
materj al for the cr ation of a new world, and Lifo to help the
read er to the ' real w orld·. In terms of Law of
Three. Tales can be understo od as fimctioning as a cond or passive
force, functions as a first o r active force, and L_ijP. a third or
recon iling force. In Biblica1 terms the tex s echo th themes of
Creation. Fall wd Redemption. In the order Gurdjie ff presents them,
they echo the Go. pel reordering of all. New Creation and
Redemption.
three texts form one integrated whole ; he JT themes are
symboli and mytbolog1cilly d. They are structurally
related in numerological terms, and each focu es on a spec1fic period
of time. TaleJ focuses on the year (hoth solar and lunar) and !vfeeting.s on
the: month. while Life focus e.s on specific days related to change
from Gtt>4?;orian to Julian calendars. Although Herald of Coming Good is
not )isted by Gurdjieff as par of All anJ EverytJJing, it can be seen as
such through its focus on penods af a week, the measute of time that
cam e the montb ( levant ro Meetings) and the day (relevant
to Life (We1Jbdovcd 2001a: 73- 9) .
Gur saw the English language proo o f Tales the week be£ re
he di ed 1n 1949. Jt was published in 1950. He left the publicat1on o
the th er two series at the di cretion of his pupil and su ccessor Jeann e
d alzmann. Meetings was published in 1963, a d lije m 1975 .
See olso: astl'ology; Beelzebub's TaU..1 ta His Grandson; HertJid of C,ming Good;
Lift is Only Thttl, J.¥he 'I Am'; Mttlings with Remarkf.lbte writings;
2odiac

ALLEGORY I ANALOGY

Gurdjteff gives several direct warn1ngs not to cake what he says literally.
In 'Glimpses of Truth' he says to the pupil that their conversanon Wlll