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

transmission from generation to generation through initiates of a special kind,whom we shall call "initiates of art. "'And we shall call them thus because the whole process of such atransmission of knowledge to remote generations through the Law ofSevenfoldness will not be natural but artificial." 'And so, my most worthy and impartial colleagues " 'It must now be clear toyou that if, for some reason or other, the useful information concerningknowledge already attained by men about past events on the Earth fails toreach our descendants through genuine initiates, then thanks to this newmeans of transmission I have proposed, men of future generations will alwayshave the possibility of discovering and understanding for themselves, if noteverything now existing on the Earth, at least those fragments of commonknowledge which chance to reach them through these "works of the hands" ofour contemporaries as well as through those various ceremonies existingtoday, in which, in accordance with this great Law of Sevenfoldness, and bymeans of these "artificial" indications of ours, we shall now put what we wish.' ""With these words the great Aksharpantziar concluded his report."This speech of his aroused considerable excitement, and a noisy discussionbroke out among all the members of the club of the Adherents ofLegomonism, with the outcome that then and there they unanimously decidedto do as the great Aksharpantziar had suggested."A brief interval was then allowed for a meal, after which they allassembled again, and this second general meeting lasted throughout the night."They reached the unanimous decision to begin the following day makingwhat are called 'minia-images'—or, as the contemporary three-brained beingscall them, 'models'