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

the three-brained beings are coated with a planetary body having a form—how shall I tell you?—like a 'karoona,' that is to say, they have a long broadtrunk, amply provided with fat, and a head with enormous protruding andshining eyes. On the back of this huge planetary body of theirs are two largewings, and on the underside two comparatively small feet with very strongclaws."Almost the entire strength of this huge planetary body is adapted bynature to generate energy for their eyes and their wings"As a result, the three-brained beings breeding on that planet can see freelyeverywhere, however great the 'kldatsakhti,'* and can move about not only onthe planet but also in its atmosphere, and occasionally some of them evenmanage to travel beyond its limits."On another planet not far from the planet Mars, owing to the intense coldthere, the three-brained beings are covered with thick soft wool The outerform of these three-centered beings is like that of a 'toosook,' that is, itresembles a kind of double sphere, the upper sphere serving to contain theprincipal organs of the planetary body, and the lower one the organs for thetransformation of the 'first and second being-foods.'"In the upper sphere there are three apertures opening outward; two servefor sight and the third for hearing."The lower sphere has only two apertures: one in front for the taking in ofthe first and second being-foods, and the other at the back for the eliminationof residues from the organism To the lower sphere are attached two strongsinewy feet, and on each of these is a protuberance that serves the samepurpose as our fingers.* "Kldatsakhti" means "darkness "