Reading the Tales: Weekly Schedule

Shown below is a weekly schedule for reading Beelzebub's Tales to his Grandson coverying 81 weeks. This syllabus comes from http://www.gurdjieff.org/syllabus.htm. Audio recordings for each section can be found here.

 

Week Pages Chapter Time
Week 1 3-19 The Arousing of Thought 39:31
Week 2 19-36 The Arousing of Thought 40:05
Week 3 36-50 The Arousing of Thought 35:44
Week 4 51-55 Why Beelzebub was in Our Solar System + 33:48
56-65 The Cause of Delay in the Falling of the Ship Karnak
Week 5 66-69 The Law of Falling  + 21:01
70-72 The System of Archangel Hariton +
73-75 Perpetual Motion
Week 6 76-78 Becoming Aware of Genuine Being-Duty + 24:21
79-80 Hassein Dares Call Men Slugs +
81-86 Cause of Genesis of the Moon
Week 7 87-93 Why "Men" are not Men + 33:11
94-97 A Piquant Trait +
98-102 The First "Growl"
Week 8 103-105 Fantasy Perceived as Reality  + 38:31
106-108 Beginning of Perspectives +
109-120 First Descent Upon Earth
Week 9 121-133 Relative Understanding of Time 31:11
Week 10 134-148 The Arch-Absurd 35:20
Week 11 149-162 The Arch-Preposterous 31:41
Week 12 162-176 The Arch-Preposterous 36:44
Week 13 177-191 Beelzebub`s Second Descent 33:59
Week 14 191-206 Beelzebub`s Second Descent 38:17
Week 15 207-226 Beelzebub`s Third Flight 46:41
Week 16 227-239 First Visit to India 29:17
Week 17 239-251 First Visit to India 31:11
Week 18 252-267 Beelzebub`s First Time in Tibet 37:33
Week 19 268-282 Beelzebub`s Fourth Sojourn 35:38
Week 20 282-298 Beelzebub`s Fourth Sojourn 38:47
Week 21 298-314 Beelzebub`s Fourth Sojourn 40:00
Week 22 315-331 Beelzebub`s Fifth Flight 37:49
Week 23 331-346 Beelzebub`s Fifth Flight 37:57
Week 24 347-352 Ashiata Shiemash  + 43:56
353-365 "The Terror of the Situation"
Week 25 366-376 Organization by Ashiata 25:06
Week 26 376-389 Organization by Ashiata 33:31
Week 27 390-410 Destruction Ashiata`s Labors 51:03
Week 28 413-432 Fruits of Former Civilizations 46:13
Week 29 432-448 Fruits of Former Civilizations 39:38
Week 30 449-462 Art 32:03
Week 31 462-478 Art 39:37
Week 32 478-493 Art 37:36
Week 33 493-508 Art 35:29
Week 34 508-523 Art 38:12
Week 35 524-539 Last Sojourn on Earth 38:05
Week 36 540-557 Last Sojourn on Earth 41:49
Week 37 558-578 Hypnotism 50:55
Week 38 579-590 Beelzebub as Hypnotist 29:17
Week 39 591-608 Russia 42:32
Week 40 608-625 Russia 40:27
Week 41 625-641 Russia 39:15
Week 42 642-656 Russia 34:35
Week 43 657-659 Change in Course Karnak+ 12:21
660-662 Wee bit more about Germans
Week 44 663-678 France 35:37
Week 45 678-693 France 37:53
Week 46 694-706 Religion 29:34
Week 47 706-718 Religion 26:37
Week 48 718-732 Religion 34:43
Week 49 732-743 Religion 27:17
Week 50 744-761 Holy Planet "Purgatory" 44:09
Week 51 762-777 Holy Planet "Purgatory" 39:50
Week 52 777-796 Holy Planet "Purgatory" 49:31
Week 53 796-810 Holy Planet "Purgatory" 36:22
Week 54 813-828 Heptaparaparshinokh 36:43
Week 55 828-841 Heptaparaparshinokh 33:00
Week 56 842-856 Heptaparaparshinokh 35:05
Week 57 856-870 Heptaparaparshinokh 34:38
Week 58 871-885 The Bokharian Dervish 33:09
Week 59 886-902 The Bokharian Dervish 38:01
Week 60 903-917 The Bokharian Dervish 34:05
Week 61 918-931 Beelzebub in America 29:57
Week 62 931-945 Beelzebub in America 29:18
Week 63 945-961 Beelzebub in America 37:26
Week 64 961-974 Beelzebub in America 28:05
Week 65 974-992 Beelzebub in America 41:06
Week 66 992-1009 Beelzebub in America 39:10
Week 67 1009-1023 Beelzebub in America 30:41
Week 68 1023-1041 Beelzebub in America 39:57
Week 69 1041-1054 Beelzebub in America 32:59
Week 70 1055-1071 Beelzebub`s Opinion of War 37:35
Week 71 1071-1087 Beelzebub`s Opinion of War 39:35
Week 72 1087-1103 Beelzebub`s Opinion of War 36:38
Week 73 1103-1118 Beelzebub`s Opinion of War 36:46
Week 74 1119-1132 Understanding of Justice 30:14
Week 75 1132-1144 Understanding of Justice 30:38
Week 76 1145-1160 E~traction of Electricity 35:55
Week 77 1161-1172 Form and Sequence 28:20
Week 78 1173-1183 Result of Impartial Mentation 24:43
Week 79 1184-1202 From the Author 42:22
Week 80 1202-1219 From the Author 38:23
Week 81 1219-1238 From the Author 46:34