Those who study codes know of two basic types of CODE STUDY: CRYPTOGRAPHY & STEGANOGRAPHY.
A casual and incidental reading of the first series of ALL AND EVERYTHING by G.I. GURDJIEFF, which is entitled, BEELZEBUB'S TALES TO HIS GRANDSON may not give much of a clue to the BEELZEBUBIAN CODE despite perhaps knowing and realizing in some way, that the work is in code, that is, certain things are 'hidden in plain sight' an old trick or method to conceal certain objects and often rather well described in mystery and detective or crime novels, for those readers who are addicted to these works, of which many authors today have numerous followers and websites.
As Mr. P.D. OUSPENKSY, one of Mr. Gurdjieff's more prominent followers indicated for those who start on THE FOURTH WAY, is the necessity to 'LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE' as well as 'A NEW WAY OF THINKING' and his books, particularly, THE FOURTH WAY and THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MAN'S POSSIBLE EVOLUTION, and a few others tend to emphasize this to a large extent. However, Mr. Ouspensky does not give any full analysis or explanation of this work and so we must look elsewhere to 'crack' this code if that is anyone's aim. The reasons for Mr. Ouspensky's silence on this subject is another matter and need not detain any efforts to begin reading and learning from major work of Mr. Gurdjieff.
Beginners flipping through the pages of this rather thick and ponderous volume will soon note many words not in their immediate vocabulary which most will pass over in general haste to grasp the 'meat' of the work or its 'essence' which will, elude them, of course. Trying to find how to pronounce some of these new words and unusual spellings or 'terms' and then having to figure out what they may or may not mean, will prove difficult and discouraging. But for others it will prove a challenge.
Some similar challenging writings contain various words, often described as, 'jargon' or even, 'gibberish' as well as 'manufactured' words, including 'slang' and dialect and vernacular as well as precise 'King's English' and the like. I mention all of this because it may give you the impression that you need to be erudite, scholarly, linguistically inclined, and the like which might give many pause for concern and seem most burdensome.
Such 'lingo' or words are used to substitute for other words and scrabble players will often know what this means perhaps. Right now, I shall not give any specific examples of this word substitution, except to say they may be indicative of encoded and embedded words, that is, conceal something of importance, the 'secret message', etc.
Again, they may also serve as diversive and diverting ploys to get you on the wrong track and mislead all your further attempts or they may appear so 'obvious' that you will tend to go ahead and dismiss the actual significance.
In reading 'BEELZEBUB'S TALES TO HIS GRANDSON' you may well find that there is A HIDDEN MESSAGE THAT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A CODE!
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION(s) VS EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION(s) are two ways to improve memory but the former is the by far the better way and it certainly is for anyone who is, seems, or wants to be motivated to read BEELZEBUB'S TALES TO HIS GRANDSON. Actually, those who persist and keep reading this massively complex book needs to be seriously motivated intrinsically to succeed during their lifetime. Few can or will do this. Extrinsic motivation(s) may help depending on certain factors which are not usually in our present environment(s). Only others in the WORK, on THE FOURTH WAY, or who grasp the 'SYSTEM' can help or assist in this way of motivating. All this depends on certain factors such as age, health, ability, intelligent approach, and AIM, time and place and other things like little disturbance and interruption(s).
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