"On that day when the word 'art' was
uttered for the first time and its exact meaning and underlying idea were
established, there was listed among the speakers a Chaldean learned being, very
well known in those times, named Aksharpantziar.
"As the report of the venerable Chaldean sage, the great
Aksharpantziar, was the origin of all the subsequent events relating to that
famous contemporary art, I will try to recall his speech and repeat it to you
as nearly as possible word for word.
"He spoke as follows:
"'Past centuries, and especially the two last ones, have shown us
that during those inevitable psychoses of the masses leading to wars between
states and popular revolts within states, it invariably happens that many of
the innocent victims of the collective bestiality are those very beings who,
owing to their piety and conscious sacrifices, are worthy to become initiates,
and through whom various legomonisms containing information about real events
that have taken place in the past could be transmitted to the conscious beings
of succeeding generations.
"'Just such pious men as these always become the innocent victims
of the popular bestiality because, in my opinion, being already free within,
they never wholly identify themselves, as all the others do, with ordinary
interests, and cannot share in the attractions, pleasures, and sentiments, or
any other manifestation of those around them, no matter how sincere."Excerpt taken from Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, G. I. Gurdjieff, pub. Viking Arkana 1992,, p 418.
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