Dreams, Visions and Gnosis

Maurice Nicoll and the Kingdom of Heaven

John Willmett (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

688 Seiten

2024
International Book Market Service Ltd (Verlag)
978-620-4-18800-3 (ISBN)

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Maurice Nicoll (1884-1963) Harley Street analytical psychologist trained by CG Jung, and disciple of 'western gurus' GI Gurdjieff and PD Ouspensky, became in later years a practitioner and teacher of mystical spirituality. This study traces through Nicoll's published writings, and through the recently rediscovered Dream Diaries, his spiritual journey from his early rejection of Christianity to his finding 'what really mattered' in a re-embrace of his natal religion, but this in a form he saw as far 'truer' than what he had earlier rejected. Nicoll learned through practising Gurdjieff's 'Work', his system of spiritual training, that the Kingdom of Heaven is neither a post-mortem experience nor a millennial restoration of Christ's Kingdom, but a state of psychological or spiritual development, the fulfilment or perfection of the individual life achievable in this life; the Gospels, neither ethical discourse nor historical biography of a god-man describe this spiritual state and how to achieve it. Nicoll's books The New Man and The Mark, works of biblical exegesis on psychological lines, explain how this message, esoterically encoded in the Gospel narrative, may be interpreted.

Scottish-born John Willmett, pianist, organist and conductor, spent his early years teaching music in schools. Further study has led to doctoral work in music, and to his thesis, 'Maurice Nicoll and the Kingdom of Heaven'. This Work, 'Dreams, Visions and Gnosis: Maurice Nicoll and the kingdom of Heaven' is an expansion of that thesis.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.03.2024
Verlagsort	Beau Bassin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	993 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte	Esoteric Christianity • Esoteric hermeneusis • GI Gurdjieff • Kingdom Of Heaven • Maurice Nicoll • PD Ouspensky
ISBN-10	620-4-18800-3 / 6204188003
ISBN-13	978-620-4-18800-3 / 9786204188003
Zustand	Neuware