title: The Curious Habits of Man: Essays and Effluence
author:  Brian Kenneth Swain 
description: Brian Kenneth Swain is the author of the novels World Hunger and Alone in the Light, as well as the poetry collections Secret Places and My America. His poetry has been featured at the Poetry Society of Texas and Houston Poetry Fest and on N.P.R. and Pacifica Radio. Swain lives in Helotes, Texas.
zlib_text: THE MAKING 
  OF MAN
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  KENNETH WALKER
  Routledge & Kegan Paul 
  LONDON
  
  F irst published 19 6 3 
  by Routledge and Kegan P au l L td  
  Broadway House, 68-y 4  Carter I*ane 
  London E .C .4  
  P rinted in Great Britain 
  in the City o f O xford 
  at the Alden Press 
  ©  Kenneth W alker 19 6 3
  N o part o f this book m ay be reproduced 
  in any form  without permission from  
  the publisher, except fo r the quotation 
  o f b rief passages in criticism
  m  5
  
  CONTENTS
  I. 
  Man as an Experiment 
  page i
  II. Levels o f Consciousness 
  . 
  18
  III. Essence and Personality 
  34
  IV . A  Private Talk with Ouspensky 
  40
  V . Identification 
  48
  V I. The Cosmos and Cosmic Laws 
  56
  V II. Esoteric Knowledge 
  69
  V U L  Alchcmistry and the Separation o f the Dross
  from the Gold 
  78
  IX . Lyne Place is Mobilized for W ar 
  90
  X . T he Death o f Ouspensky 
  103
  X I. Rue des Colonels R^nards 
  n o
  X II. Gurdjieff as a Teacher 
  124
  X III. Special Movements and Dances 
  136
  X IV . The Death o f Gurdjieff 
  142
  X V . A  Commentary on