Reading the Tales: 2 Year Schedule

Shown below is a schedule for reading Beelzebub's Tales to his Grandson over a period of two years. It's basically a relaxed weekly schedule of 10 sections per quarter, which gives time off for holidays or other activities. This syllabus comes from http://www.gurdjieff.org/syllabus.htm. Audio recordings for each section can be found here.

 

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