E. J. Gold

E. J. GoldBirth name Eugene Jerey GoldBorn 1941

New York CityNationality American (United States)Field Painting,

entrepreneurialism,drawing, printmaking,ceramics, sculpture,literature, gaming,comedy, music, occultism

Training U.S. Army, Otis ArtInstitute

E. J. GoldFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaEugene Jerey "E.J." Gold (born 1941)is an American artist, author, jazzmusician, and New Age, spiritual teacherin the "Fourth Way" tradition of G.I.Gurdjie. Gold's large-scale JazzArtpaintings have served as backdrops forHerbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, NancyWilson, Oscar Peterson, and TootsThielemans.[1] His artwork has appearedin the set of Sister, Sister, InternationalAssociation for Jazz Education,[2] Jazz atLincoln Center, and other jazz venues.Gold has written and self published over50 books. He is the founder of theInstitute for the Development of theHarmonious Human Being. In addition to starting an online science ctionmuseum, he is a voting member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers ofAmerica. His science ction stories and articles have been published in a numberof monthlies including Omni Magazine. In 1992 his artwork was part of acollaborative show with writer Margaret Randall at the Cedar Tavern in New YorkCity.

Contents1 Early life and career2 Happenings3 Spiritual teaching4 Hoax5 Current works6 Major publications

6.1 Science ction6.2 Fine art6.3 Consciousness, death and dying6.4 Secret Talks volumes

7 References

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Early life and careerGold is the son of Horace Gold, founding editor of Galaxy Science Fictionmagazine. He collaborated on several novels with his father during the 1960s, andthey worked on television scripts during this same period. He grew up in NewYork City and has stated he is friends with many of the writers from sciencection's golden age. He has appeared on panels with Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison,and Alfred Bester at science ction conventions.As a child he created and presented his artwork at the Children's Art Carnival atthe Museum of Modern Art (194449). He has numbered among his friends manyof the artists of the Woodstock Art Association where he spent his summers. Inthe summer of 1953 he attended Camp Woodlands in Phoenecia, New York. In1956 he moved to Hollywood, where his mother worked as a story editor for theEllery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock television shows. He attended Los AngelesCity College, Otis Art Institute, and showed at Robert Comara and Joan AnkrumGalleries with friend/mentors Fritz Schwaderer and Peter Jan Hirschfeld.

HappeningsIn the 1960s Gold worked as a jazz musician, composer, and photographer forTiger Beat magazine. His photos of Harry Nilsson were used by RCA for albumcovers. He edited Mod Teen Magazine in the 1960s. He also worked as acontinuity writer for the Bob Crane radio show on KNX.Gold staged the "Saints' March" Art Happening where 40 saints were droppedfrom the ocial Vatican calendar of saints. The event generated news items inTime magazine and Newsweek leading to several television interviews with JoePyne and Richard Dawson.By the early 1970s Gold emerged as a sculptor and painter associated with theCalifornia Nine group.[3]

Spiritual teachingGold has for many years acted as an independent spiritual teacher whose workand style bear a strong anity with the teachings of G.I. Gurdjie and the FourthWay school of thought. Gold's particular style, as evinced in his published writingssuch as The American Book of the Dead also demonstrate a strong inuence ofTibetan tantric teachings such as the concept of bardo or "in-between" states.Like Gurdjie, the fundamental emphasis of Gold's teaching is on the concept ofspiritual "Work" in daily life and a constant eort to increase and maintainheightened awareness in all activities. The state of an individual "in the Work" isthus contrasted to what is taken to be the state of the "ordinary" unawakened


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individual, who is presumed to go through life in a condition of quasi-automatismor mere social conditioning ("asleep," in the metaphorical terminology of thistradition.)[4]

HoaxIn 1978, frustrated with the failure of the Gurdjie Foundation to make public thenal Third Series, Life Is Real Only Then, When "I AM" (New York: Elselvier-Dutton Publishing Co, 1981), Gold published Secret Talks With G. (Nevada, CA:Gateway Books, 1978) as a well-crafted hoax. Although it worked, the heirs ofAshiata Shiemash did not appreciate it and it caused a furor that still followshim.[5]

Current worksToday Gold is one of the older online gamers, who has participated in theproduction of Quake 2, Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair, Necronomicon, andother online rst-person shooters. He has worked with Quake's Capture The Flagand with Team Fortress, both online team games used as teaching tools.[6]Gold also hosts workshops in onstage comedy and theater. He is responsible forthe creation of the You Can Paint art instruction series which is now used at a fewuniversities and art associations. He has also personally conducted public artclasses into the 21st century.[7]Gold has created a line of hand-crafted ber art beads, and his paintedcelebrity-gear clothing line has been shown at various performance venues. Hiscomedic/tragic play Creation Story Verbatim has been performed at severalcolleges.

Major publicationsScience ction

E.J. Gold. (2007). DarkSide DreamWalker. Nevada City, Calif.:Gateways/IDHHB Pub. ISBN 0-89556-140-9.Avram Davidson ... (2002). RetroVisions Science Fiction. Nevada City, Calif.:Gateways Books and Tapes. ISBN 0-89556-175-1.SlimeWars: The Epic.Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine (current editor of galaxyezine.org)


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Fine artAmazing Sculpture You Can Do.Awesome Graphite Landscapes.Charcoal Nudes.Draw Good Now.interpretive drawings by E.J. Gold ; poetry by Iven Lourie ; commentaries byLinda Corriveau. (1991). Miro's Dream. Nevada City, CA: Gateways.ISBN 0-89556-055-0.Mysteries of Still Life.E.J. Gold ; text by Linda Corriveau ; photoart by Nona Hatay. (1990). PureGesture. Nevada City, CA: Gateways. ISBN 0-89556-087-9. see also:Manifesto of Reductionism[8]

Consciousness, death and dyingE.J. Gold. (1975). American Book of the Dead. San Francisco: And/Or Press.ISBN 0-915904-12-8. E.J. Gold ; illustrations by George Metzger. (1978).American Book of the Dead (revised). S.l.: I.D.H.H.B. & Doneve Designs.ISBN 0-89556-007-0. E.J. Gold (1981). New American Book of the Dead.Nevada City, Calif.: IDHHB. ISBN 0-89556-029-1. written and illustrated byE.J. Gold. (1987,1999). American Book of the Dead (revised). Nevada City,CA: Gateways/IDHHB. ISBN 0-89556-051-8. written by E.J. Gold. (1995).American Book of the Dead (revised). HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-251310-9.E.J. Gold. (1985). The Human Biological Machine as a TransformationalApparatus. Nevada City, CA: Gateways/IDHHB. ISBN 0-89556-046-1.E.J. Gold. (1986). Creation Story Verbatim. Nevada City, CA:Gateways/IDHHB. ISBN 0-89556-047-X. (Also appears in script format forplay.)E.J. Gold. (1989). Practical Work on Self. Nevada City, CA: Gateways/IDHHB.ISBN 0-89556-056-9.E.J. Gold. (1989). Visions in the Stone: Journey to the Source of HiddenKnowledge. Gateways/IDHHB. ISBN 0-89556-057-7. (Introduction by RobertAnton Wilson.)E.J. Gold. (1991). Life in the Labyrinth. Nevada City, CA: Gateways/IDHHB.


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ISBN 0-89556-048-8.E.J. Gold and friends. (2001). The Great Adventure. Nevada City, CA:Gateways Books and Tapes/I.D.H.H.B. ISBN 0-89556-110-7.Alchemical Sex.Angels Healing Journey.Autobiography of a Su.Bardo Stations: A Guidebook for the Afterlife.The Book of Sacraments.Brother Godfrey's Journal.The Hidden Work.The Invocation of Presence.The Joy of Sacrice.The Lazy Man's Guide to Death and Dying.The Original Handbook for the Recently Deceased Workbook, Manual,Practicum. (with Dr. Claude Needham)Secret Talks on Voluntary Evolution.The Seven Bodies of Man.Secret Talks With Mr. G.Shakti: The Gestalt of Zap.Songs My Dead Mother Sang Me. (with Parker Dickson, et al.)Tanks for the Memories. (with Dr. John C. Lilly)

Secret Talks volumesVolume I: The Human Biological Machine as a Transformational Apparatus.Volume II: Work on Self.Volume III: Prayer-Absolute and Sacred Obligation.Volume IV: Visions in the Stone (formerly Journeys to InaccessibleMonasteries).Volume V: Work of Groups.Volume VI: The Seven Bodies of Man.Volume VII: The Great Laws.Volume VIII: Science of Objective Hypnotism.Volume IX: Objective Magic and Ritual.Volume X: The Creation Story Verbatim.


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References^ Corriveau, Linda (1993). More Color Less Soul. Gateways Fine Art Series.ISBN 0-89556-099-2.

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^ De Barros, Paul (January 21, 2007). "Jazz Sheds Outlaw Status, but Not Its Heartand Soul" (http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=iaje21&date=20070121&query=ramsey). Seattle Times.

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^ "The Great Human Potential Debate". Magical Blend (29). January 1991. p. 25.3.^ Gold, The Human Biological Machine as a Transformational Apparatus4.^ [1] (http://old.disinfo.com/archive/pages/dossier/id455/pg1/index.html)5.^ Burns, Alex (April 25, 2001). "hacking the master game: e.j. gold and quake"(http://www.disinfo.com/archive/pages/article/id593/pg1/index.html).

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^ Art From The Heart Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/user/ArtAcademyEJGold)7.^ Heidelberg Editions International: The Manifesto of Reductionism (http://www.hei-art.com/about/manifest.html)

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