Madame Egout pour Tweet!

Rina Hands book is a very warm read about her time with Mr. Gurdjieff in Paris towards the end of his life.

 

This is a review from the page on Amazon.com

 

My favourite statement about this period, I forget from where, was the person who wrote,

 

not from this book, that little by little, Gurdjieff brought about a change in the people who came to

 

dine and read with him every day.

 

Little by little.

 

 

Sweet, if he was with us on the earth today, it might be Madame Egout pour Tweet!

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not Just Sweets!, January 18, 2003

By 

Reijo Elsner (Ikast, Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diary of Madam Egout Pour Sweet (Hardcover)

This book gives a priviliged view of the way Gurdjieff taught in his last year. There was a reading, usually from Beelzebub, and a supper with the toasts to the Idiots on most of these days. He also worked on the Movements, the 39 series, later written by Thomas de Hartmann and now recorded by Wim van Dullemen.
A good part of Rina Hands' book describes the readings and the meals and her attempts to understand what the meaning of it all was. Madame de Salzmann had by this time taken the role of the 'successor' and plays a major role, which Gurdjieff still dominates and passes his food to others at the table.
Some interesting observations on the science of the Idiots are observed, together with 'I am' as a practice. Recommended reading for an insight into the late Gurdjieff.