Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson or An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man is the first volume of the All and Everything trilogy written by the Greek-Armenian mystic G. I. Gurdjieff. The All and Everything trilogy also includes Meetings with Remarkable Men (first published in 1963) and Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am' (first privately printed in 1974).

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  • ISBN 0140194738 (Penguin paperback edition)
    ISBN 1585424579 (Tarcher hardcover edition)
    ISBN 0-919608-16-7 (Audiobook read by William J. Welch)
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    ISBN 1585424579 (Tarcher hardcover edition)
    ISBN 0-919608-16-7 (Audiobook read by William J. Welch)
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  • Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson or An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man is the first volume of the All and Everything trilogy written by the Greek-Armenian mystic G. I. Gurdjieff. The All and Everything trilogy also includes Meetings with Remarkable Men (first published in 1963) and Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am' (first privately printed in 1974). Because the book was intended to be the main study tool for his teachings, Gurdjieff went to great lengths in order to increase the effort needed to read and understand it. Gurdjieff himself once said, “I bury the bone so deep that the dogs have to scratch for it. " The book treats of an enormous number of subjects and questions. It is a vast allegorical myth structure in a literary form all its own. The plot of Beelzebub's Tales primarily revolves around the ruminations of an extraterrestrial known as "Beelzebub" to his grandson Hassein, as they travel through space towards Beelzebub's home planet "Karatas" on the spaceship Karnak. It mainly recounts the adventures and travails of Beelzebub amongst the 'three-brained beings' (humans) of the planet Earth. Beelzebub covers the entire history of the strange behaviors and customs of these beings. Beelzebub's Tales is included in Martin Seymour-Smith's 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written, with the comment that it is "... the most convincing fusion of Eastern and Western thought has yet been seen."
  • All and Everything ('Kaikki ja kaikesta', ei julkaistu suomeksi) on G. I. Gurdjieffin pääteos. Se on kolmiosainen sarja, jonka kirjoittaja alun perin suunnitteli koostuvaksi kymmenestä kirjasta. Sarjan ensimmäinen osa, Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson (1. painos 1950) ('Belsebubin tarinoita pojanpojalleen') on kolmesta osasta selvästi mittavin yli 1200 sivullaan. Toinen osa, Meetings with Remarkable Men (1963) ('Kohtaamisia merkittävien ihmisten kanssa') on vahvasti omaelämäkerrallinen ja sisältää muun muassa ainoat saatavilla olevat tiedot Gurdjieffin varhaisvaiheista. Kolmatta osaa, Life is Real Only Then, When 'I am' ("Elämä on todellista ainoastaan, kun 'Minä olen'") Gurdjieff ei alun perin suunnitellut julkaistavaksi, vaan vain lähimmän oppilaspiirinsä käyttöön, eikä hän ehtinyt saada käsikirjoitusta valmiiksi ennen kuolemaansa. Gurdjieffin oppilaat kuitenkin julkaisivat kirjan keskeneräisenä 1974.
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    ISBN 1585424579 (Tarcher hardcover edition)
    ISBN 0-919608-16-7 (Audiobook read by William J. Welch)
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    p. 1152 (Tarcher hardcover edition)
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  • Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson or An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man is the first volume of the All and Everything trilogy written by the Greek-Armenian mystic G. I. Gurdjieff. The All and Everything trilogy also includes Meetings with Remarkable Men (first published in 1963) and Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am' (first privately printed in 1974).
  • All and Everything ('Kaikki ja kaikesta', ei julkaistu suomeksi) on G. I. Gurdjieffin pääteos. Se on kolmiosainen sarja, jonka kirjoittaja alun perin suunnitteli koostuvaksi kymmenestä kirjasta. Sarjan ensimmäinen osa, Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson (1. painos 1950) ('Belsebubin tarinoita pojanpojalleen') on kolmesta osasta selvästi mittavin yli 1200 sivullaan.
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