The Mark by Maurice Nicoll Limited Edition Esoteric Gurdjieff Gospels Book
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The Mark by Maurice Nicoll Limited Edition Esoteric Gurdjieff Gospels Book. It discusses, in relation to the Gospels, the idea that real religion is about another man, latent but unborn, in every man. He is dominated by external life and has no life in himself. It is in the wrong place. The Mark by Maurice Nicoll . Eureka Editions, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2007. Limited, numbered edition of 250 copies, of which this is No. 80 (see photo). 257 page trade paperback with faint warping on wrap around dust jacket - otherwise pristine condition with no interior markings or other visible flaws. This book is a companion to THE NEW MAN . It discusses, in relation to the Gospels, the idea that real religion is about another man, latent but unborn, in every man. The end of this transformation of a man is thought as THE MARK to be aimed at. The author explains that in the Gospels the word translated as 'sin' means in the literal Greek 'missing the mark', as of a spear thrown at some object and failing to hit it. And from meaning to miss the mark it came to mean failing in one's purpose, and so erring or wrong doing. It is Dr Nicoll's contention that when a man is overpowered by outer life and influenced only by all that acts upon him from outside, and argues only from what he can see, he is machine-driven by his senses, and externally, the wrong way around. He is dominated by external life and has no life in himself. That part of him which is truly himself, and from which his own individual existence and growth can begin is lost. It is in the wrong place. And this is sin. That is, in this sense, everyone missed the mark, missed the idea of his own existence. $4.95 domestic US shipping. Payment must be received within 24 hours of sale.
