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Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson

Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson
G. I. GURDJIEFF

G. I. Gurdjieff

The first series of All and Everything: Beelzebub, travelling through space with his grandson Hassein, recounts his long observations of the three-brained beings of the planet Earth. It was written to be read aloud, and more than once — which is how this circle reads it.

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