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    Fourth Way (Gurdjieff)

    Heptaparaparshinokh (Law of Seven)

    Also called the Law of Octaves. Gurdjieff's teaching that all processes in the universe unfold according to the pattern of a musical octave, deviating at two predictable intervals: the Mi-Fa interval and the Si-Do interval. At these intervals, the original impulse loses force and direction unless a conscious shock is applied from outside the process. Without such shocks, every endeavor tends to deviate from its original aim. In the 4th Tarot Major Arcana, the first conscious shock occurs at the Hierophant (V), at the Mi-Fa interval, and the second at the Tower (XVI), at the Si-Do interval.

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