by Lou Gottlieb | Sep 30, 2022 | Essay
The Fathers of the Church have, at long last, succeeded. The Catholic Army of the War on Conscience has been hugely successful. The Army has succeeded in short-circuiting many of the spiritual energies in practicing Catholics, and better yet, even in former Catholics....
by Lou Gottlieb | Sep 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Limning Limning means drawing faint lines around something, lines that suggest, but do not clearly outline that something. And, if done for long enough, with many attempts, the space inside can be seen to be nothing else. But nothing can be identified as even a part...
by Lou Gottlieb | Sep 16, 2022 | Story
Dear ____ . . . . I have a story to tell you. I’ll try and tell it here. This is my first attempt, so it may be confused in places. This morning, as I was carrying my stuff from my motel room to the car, I had a clear vision, and I saw a little boy with a folded...
by Lou Gottlieb | Apr 23, 2022 | Memory
In 1988, as a then-17-year-member of a group studying and trying to practice the ideas of the man George Gurdjieff, I had a revelation during a meditation session: I had once seen and been seen by a man who could only have been Jesus. That same day I wrote an account...
by Lou Gottlieb | Apr 22, 2022 | Memory
I was a merchant in Jerusalem. I sold tall clay jars and wine in tall jars in a narrow stall on a big street of such stalls. My business was a profitable one, I made a good living, and I enjoyed my work. I had many friends, some very close. My wife was a wonderful...
