Advice for Reading GR for the First Time

[Keith Davis]

Sounds like Gurdjieff's advice at the beginning  of "Beelzebub's Tales to
His Grandson".
On Oct 15, 2012 9:16 PM, "Robert Mahnke" <rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote:

> I first read GR in college with a professor who suggested that we read it
> three times: first, without the companion; second, going through with the
> companion (Steven Weisenburger’s A Gravity’s Rainbow Companion) and
> cross-checking each reference, etc.; and then, third, again without the
> companion.  Sounds awesome to me, but I've never had the time or attention
> span to read it more than once at a time.
>
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Brian Kempf <btkempf at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> After reading V. and CoL49 twice, I feel that it is time for me to start
>> reading GR. Any advice for a first time reader? Should I read it alongside
>> a companion book or character list? Or read it without help and then
>> re-read it critically? I'm a bit OCD so part of me would like to read it
>> for understanding the first time, but for a work on this size and scale I'm
>> not sure if that's plausible.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> B
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