Books & Private Papers by Jan Cox
                 
                 
Remember: When you achieve enlightenment by my method there is no limit to the amount of money you can make, working part time at home--and everything you cook will be virtually grease free.
And someone asks just how does my approach differ from all the others:
In ordinary systems touted as paths to super understanding the method is always one of studying, that is, "talking about" objects men find in a box.
My approach is to investigate the box--nothing but the box (once a quick study of the objects is effected and out of the way). Without a man understanding the nature of the box, he understands nothing.
You see life with your own mind-- through non-committal consciousness--you see the whole thing is zombies and it doesn't matter. And you realize, the biggest zombie has been me--looking out at life and trying to analyze and criticize life--without knowing anything about this zombie jamboree. 
For years, a man with a certain hunger searched and explored, discovering one new thing after another, until one day -- BLAM-O! He made a single, sudden discovery that rendered all of the others unnecessary, and brought satisfaction to his hunger. Yes, I know, life can seem to be harsh and unforthcoming, but remember this: Cinderella's not dead, she's only snoozing, hiding behind eyes that are closed, but which could be otherwise. 
  Several people have sent me notes about their problems and apparent failures, and have attempted to attribute a psychological basis to them.  This is one of the great cutoff points.  It is an immediate slap in the intellectual face:  to a Revolutionist there is no such thing as "psychological."  It is a flawed piece of data.  It is as outmoded to a Revolutionist alive today as is the idea of a "capital-g" god.  What is called "psychological" is serving, and has served, a purpose with some people.  But you must see that any apparent psychological pressures arising from influences apparently "out there" -- your boss, your mother, your mate -- have to enter in through the five senses.  Always stop and remind yourself of that even if you can't do anything else.  If one or all of your senses were knocked out, you would not be suffering this "psychological pressure."  You have to face up to that.  Whatever is going on in you is chemical.  There are really no such things as drunks; it is people with an alcohol deficiency.  Absolutely religious people have a chemical deficiency.  The same with people who have phobias, as they are called.  It is a chemical imbalance outside the normal bell curve of the populace at their time and place. 
above quotes copyright 2000
jan cox
The Death Of Gurdjieff in the Foothills of Georgia (Secret Papers of an American Work Group) An unprecedented, inside view of a living American group. There are chapters with the allegorical figure of "G" raging through postwar Paris and the psyche of contemporary man. A tour de force, true to its time and place, not a rehashing of ancient truths. 

Hardcover, 316 pages, $24 plus $3 shipping and handling per item. Order

The Dialogues of Gurdjieff (An Allegorial Work Adventure) A revised and enlarged edition of this contemporary masterpiece of objective/fiction.An astounding romp with the figure of "G" in post-war Paris as he leads a young American on adventures that redefine the concepts of reality, consciousness and human knowledge. This edition includes a glimpse into the everyday inner workings of one particular group. 

Hardcover, 318 pages, $24 plus $3 shipping and handling per item. Order
And Kyroot Said....The solo debut of "Kyroot," a cosmic performer in the heuristic tradition of spiritual comedians and psychological assassins. He sings, he dances, he makes with the dangerous jokes. Long an observer of man, he has seen the rise and fall of civilizations, the mighty and maniacal, and has made a peculiar study of man's idea of "awakening." 

Hardcover, 324 pages, $24 plus $3 shipping and handling per item. Order

Magnus Machina (The Great Machine) Jan's original mapping of man's inner terrain: a travelogue to the dangerous edge of objective instability. Including neurological field trips into the unrecognized machinery of thought, emotion and movement, with side excursions to the humorous corners of mortal ignorance and human frustration. 

Hardcover, 216 pages, $24 plus $3 shipping and handling per item.  Order

Private Papers:

Orientations: The Gates of Man (Transcriptions:(1981-1984)		 Privately published summary of Jan's early talks, as recorded by members of his original group. 
 

Softcover, 150 pages, $20.00 plus $2 shipping and handling per item.  Order

Storming the Gates
(Transcriptions and Expositions)		 Participants in Jan's groups describe and expand on his early maps.

Softcover, 150 pages, $20.00 plus $2 shipping and handling per item. Order
Videotape:
Stuff You're Not Supposed to Know		 A collection of video excerpts from Jan's talks during 1990, with an emphasis on the topical ("politics, physics & fashion") and humorous. A multi-faceted, metaphorical view of modern life. 

Currently out of print.