Characters Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson

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1 characters

1.1 main characters
1.2 other major characters
1.3 saintly cosmic individuals
1.4 minor characters , historical figures mentioned





characters
main characters

beelzebub protagonist of book, ruminates past experiences in solar system called ors (our solar system) had been banished rebelling against endlessness. spent exile in observation of solar system, , of earth , humans in particular. visited earth 6 times , observed after creation until 1922. because of in eradication of animal sacrifice on earth, beelzebub pardoned sentence.


beelzebub tells tales grandson hassein while traveling on spaceship karnak conference on planet, shortly after return exile. took hassein him use free time during journey purpose of giving proper education grandson. hassein listens grandfather s stories patiently, , admiration. ahoon devoted old servant of beelzebub accompanies him , hassein throughout space journey.


the name beelzebub derogatory hebrew renaming of pre-judaic canaanite god baal, meaning literally lord house-fly (baal-zevuv) (monotheistic jewish reference baal pejorative, , grew used among other terms satan. name later appears name of demon or devil, interchanged beelzebul), while name hassein has same linguistic root husayn (arabic: حسین‎). sigmund freud theorized judaism , christianity expressing relationship between father (judaism) , son (christianity). in light, gurdjieff s choice of grandfather , grandson suggests pre-judaic , post-christian relationship.


the spaceship karnak derives name famous temple in egypt, located on banks of river nile. when humans liberated enough ascend through ancient knowledge, travel through universe, hence temple s name spaceship.


another possible allegory 3 main characters in book might represent gurdjieff s representation of 3 human brains, or centers.


1) beelzebub – intellectual center


2) hassein – emotional center


3) ahoon – moving center.


also, karnak translated armenian english dead body , , thus, analogy shows how mind educates emotions.


other major characters

mullah nassr eddin impartial teacher had wise saying every life situation.


lentrohamsanin being destroyed of traces of holy labors , teachings of ashiata shiemash.


gornahoor harharkh scientist on planet saturn specializes in elucidating particularities of okidanokh, beelzebub s essence friend.


archangel looisos arch-chemist-physician of universe invented special organ kundabuffer, implanted @ base of human spine in order should not perceive reality. original word kundabuffer @ period in history transformed word kundalini. looisos approached beelzebub problem of widespread practice of animal sacrifice on earth, quantity of endangering formation of atmosphere on moon.


belcultassi founder of society akhaldan was, , still is, unmatched in terms of knowledge on earth.


king konuzion 1 invented hell , paradise means of making people stop chewing opium.


choon-kil-tez , choon-tro-pel chinese twin brothers rediscovered law of sevenfoldness, , invented apparatus called alla-attapan .


hadji-astvatz-troov bokharian dervish familiarized of laws of vibrations , effects.


saintly cosmic individuals

ashiata shiemash, saint buddha, saint lama, saint jesus christ, saint moses, saint mohammed, saint kirminasha, saint krishnatkharna


minor characters , historical figures mentioned

leonardo da vinci, pythagoras, alexander of macedonia, menitkel, darwin, ignatius, mesmer, mendelejeff, various angels, various archangels, , many others.








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