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

and normal life of people was included in the Judaic doctrine, and how, sincethat doctrine was made the basis of the Christian religion, this custom wasbound to have been introduced into the process of the ordinary life of itsfollowers also.'This custom which you call "sooniat" was first created and introducedinto the Judaic doctrine by the Great Moses." 'And as for the reason why the Great Moses introduced it into thereligion of the Jewish people, I discovered it in a very ancient Chaldeanmanuscript." 'It was said in this manuscript that at the time when the Great Moses wasleading the Jewish people from the land of Egypt to the land of Canaan,during the journey he noticed that a disease then called "moordoorten," whichcontemporary people call "onanism," was becoming widespread among thechildren and youths of the people entrusted to him from Above." 'It was further said in the manuscript that having ascertained this fact theGreat Moses became greatly perturbed, and from then on made closeobservations in order to discover the causes of this evil and the means ofuprooting it.'Later his research led this incomparable sage to write a book entitledTookha Tess Nalool Pan, which in contemporary language means "TheQuintessence of My Reflections "" 'I once happened to become acquainted with the contents of thisremarkable book." 'At the beginning of his explanation of the disease, "moordoorten," it wasmade clear, among other things, that the human organism has been brought tosuch perfection by Great Nature that each and every organ has been providedwith a means of defense against every external contingency, and hence that ifany organ should function incorrectly in people, it must always be peoplethemselves who are to blame, on account of their own established conditionsof everyday life.