Beelzebubs-Tales-to-His-Grandson-by-G-I-Gurdjieff

" 'For instance, in accordance with this law, the white ray is composed ofseven independent colors, in every definite sound there are seven differentindependent tones, in every state of man there are seven different independentsensations, furthermore, every definite form can be made up of only sevendifferent dimensions, every mass remains at rest on the Earth only as a resultof seven "reciprocal thrusts", and so on.'Well then, we wish that knowledge existing today— both what we havepersonally attained and what has reached us from times past, just thatknowledge which all agree will be useful for our remote descendants—beindicated in some way or other in these human "afalkalnas" and"soldjinokhas," so that in the future it may be perceived by the pure Reasonof man by means of this great universal law.'The Law of Sevenfoldness, I repeat, will exist on the Earth as long asthe Universe exists, and it will be seen and understood by men in all times aslong as human thought exists, and therefore it can boldly be said that theknowledge indicated in this manner in the works of man will also existforever on the Earth.'And as for the method itself, that is to say, the mode of transmission bythe application of this law, this, in my opinion, can be worked out as follows:'In all the works that we will intentionally create on the basis of this lawfor the purpose of transmission to remote generations we shall intentionallyintroduce certain 'inexactitudes,' also conformable to law, and in these lawfulinexactitudes we will place, in an intelligible manner, the content of sometrue knowledge or other in the possession of men of the present day." 'At the same time, to serve as the "key" for deciphering thoseinexactitudes in that great law, we will insert in our works something like alegomonism, and we will secure its