14.5.14
Bennett Books of Santa Fe
Call it a rant ….
I am writing about Bennett Books of Santa Fe. I am not a representative of the Estate of JG Bennett, or Elizabeth Bennett, but a family member who has become increasingly concerned about the actions of Bennett Books, and the relationship between them and the Estate.
I would like to inform ALL – that Bennett Books does NOT represent the Estate of JG Bennett or Elizabeth Bennett. The Estate of JG Bennett and Elizabeth Bennett is in no way connected with Bennett Books of Santa Fe, New Mexico – owned by James Tomarelli and Michela Aveta.
In 2010 the Estate became aware that all but 4*(those expire in November 2014) of the JG Bennett titles Bennett Books had been publishing with agreement had expired per contract. In fact many titles had expired, and Bennett Books continued to publish these titles without obtaining renewed contracts. This was and is a serious breach of contractual terms. Bennett Books also continued to “represent the Estate of JG Bennett” in writing foreign contracts, without proper authorization to do so. When the Estate contacted Bennett Books about these breaches, the Estate was met with hostility, and a disregard of the contract terms, saying the contracts were open to interpretation, and the Estate should sue them if the Estate so wished. Many of the terms in the contracts had been violated.
None of the contracts gave e-publishing rights. There is no language in the contracts to account for digital rights.
I am writing about Bennett Books of Santa Fe. I am not a representative of the Estate of JG Bennett, or Elizabeth Bennett, but a family member who has become increasingly concerned about the actions of Bennett Books, and the relationship between them and the Estate.
I would like to inform ALL – that Bennett Books does NOT represent the Estate of JG Bennett or Elizabeth Bennett. The Estate of JG Bennett and Elizabeth Bennett is in no way connected with Bennett Books of Santa Fe, New Mexico – owned by James Tomarelli and Michela Aveta.
In 2010 the Estate became aware that all but 4*(those expire in November 2014) of the JG Bennett titles Bennett Books had been publishing with agreement had expired per contract. In fact many titles had expired, and Bennett Books continued to publish these titles without obtaining renewed contracts. This was and is a serious breach of contractual terms. Bennett Books also continued to “represent the Estate of JG Bennett” in writing foreign contracts, without proper authorization to do so. When the Estate contacted Bennett Books about these breaches, the Estate was met with hostility, and a disregard of the contract terms, saying the contracts were open to interpretation, and the Estate should sue them if the Estate so wished. Many of the terms in the contracts had been violated.
None of the contracts gave e-publishing rights. There is no language in the contracts to account for digital rights.
All contracts had an end date for publishing rights, with
no language for extending the contracts by keeping books in print.
All foreign rights have language that they Bennett Books
should inform the Estate of the terms of the foreign rights granted, but Bennett
Books only informed the Estate “sort of” of one contract granted, of which the
terms are all in favor of Bennett Books, and no rights for the Estate. A
violation of agreement. The Estate, by research discovered other foreign rights
agreements signed by Bennett Books and foreign publishers. Most of which have
end dates beyond the contract agreements with Bennett Books for those titles.
Bennett Books agreement for Audio rights expired in 2010.
All sales of the Audio have never been accounted for – no royalties paid to the
Estate – ever! Bennett Books continues to sell audio – without rights to do so.
The Bennett Books Publishing Fund – The Estate recognizes
4 titles which expire in November 2014, and rights have not been granted to
extend the contracts. All of the JG Bennett titles have expired by date, and
rights have not been granted to Bennett Books to publish. Funds obtained by
Bennett Books to publish JG Bennett books( the JG Bennett Legacy) after 2010 – and
those not included in the 4 still in contractual standing – in my opinion – has
been fraudulently obtained. They have not informed the donator’s that the rights
to publish have expired. Donations to Bennett Books in my opinion is a donation
to the family of Tomarelli.
One title published by Bennett Books didn’t even have a signed contract.
Royalty payments have been late. Accounts are questionable.
One title published by Bennett Books didn’t even have a signed contract.
Royalty payments have been late. Accounts are questionable.
4 Contracts have clauses that void contracts if Bennett
Books advertises Gurdjieff Movements / Gurdjieff Dance – or seminars sponsored
by Bennett Books. Advertisements – inserts, or mentions on the websites of
Bennett Books. Bennett Books continues to place inserts into books, and the
website points to Gurdjieff dance. Bennett Books – disregards the contractual
terms.
All communication between the Estate and Bennett Books
has been met with hostility from Bennett Books.
To sue Bennett Books, the Estate would need to raise funds to do so. The amount would need to be held as a retainer to a lawyer to represent the Estate. The funds are not available for such an endeavor.
To sue Bennett Books, the Estate would need to raise funds to do so. The amount would need to be held as a retainer to a lawyer to represent the Estate. The funds are not available for such an endeavor.
Why am I writing this? Because – The JG Bennett
Foundation would like to publish the books of JG Bennett in book form. (Currently
the JG Bennett Foundation is e-booking as many as we can of the JG Bennett
titles) Funds are needed to publish the books – in the original form. - Bennett Books has taken liberty with inserting
quotes, and dedications that were not the wishes of JG Bennett. The Estate is
not pleased to have Bennett Books be the representative of the works of JG
Bennett.
I challenge Bennett Books to PROVE they have rights. To prove they are not short print publishing, and to PROVE that they will abide by the terms of any outstanding agreements. The e-books will revert to the estate in November 2014 – and any publishing rights for those titles. Bennett Books will inform foreign publisher’s that the contracts have expired in 2010 and reverted back to the Estate of JG Bennett. I think it is high time that Bennett Books of Santa Fe, New Mexico does the right thing – stop publishing print and e-books, stop asking for publishing funds, stop appearing to represent the Estate, and stop selling the audio.
The contracts and agreements have expired.
I could post the contacts online - if anyone so wishes – I can provide proof.
Apparently Bennett Books is for sale – one wonders if James Tomarelli will inform the buyer that they will have no rights to publish JG Bennett titles, or Elizabeth Bennett’s book?
The figure Bennett Books quoted in 2011 for the estate to purchase Bennett Books & only JG Bennett titles was well over 100K. In 1998 (or thereabout) was 35K for JG Bennett titles. I wonder what he is quoting others now, as he has not informed the Estate of a sale of Bennett Books.
I challenge Bennett Books to PROVE they have rights. To prove they are not short print publishing, and to PROVE that they will abide by the terms of any outstanding agreements. The e-books will revert to the estate in November 2014 – and any publishing rights for those titles. Bennett Books will inform foreign publisher’s that the contracts have expired in 2010 and reverted back to the Estate of JG Bennett. I think it is high time that Bennett Books of Santa Fe, New Mexico does the right thing – stop publishing print and e-books, stop asking for publishing funds, stop appearing to represent the Estate, and stop selling the audio.
The contracts and agreements have expired.
I could post the contacts online - if anyone so wishes – I can provide proof.
Apparently Bennett Books is for sale – one wonders if James Tomarelli will inform the buyer that they will have no rights to publish JG Bennett titles, or Elizabeth Bennett’s book?
The figure Bennett Books quoted in 2011 for the estate to purchase Bennett Books & only JG Bennett titles was well over 100K. In 1998 (or thereabout) was 35K for JG Bennett titles. I wonder what he is quoting others now, as he has not informed the Estate of a sale of Bennett Books.
24.4.14
The Art of the Cure
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The Art Of The Cure
Journal Of An Ayurvedic Sojourn
Francois Fleury
Urban Art Project No: 6
From the organizer:
“To be with oneself, each morning at the breaking of dawn, to reconnect with a space of silence and beauty inside oneself, a space that opens to an act of creation, composed of words, signs and images. A true feeling of being alive.
This exhibit is an entrance into the intimacy of a personal journal. As a therapist myself, I wanted to share what became in effect “the Art of the Cure”, that is, an interface with what developed within the sensory experience of a sequence of several days as a patient in an Ayurvedic treatment center in the south of India.”
About the Artist :
François Fleury graduated from the School of Arts and Crafts in Vevey as a decorator in Occupational Therapy at the IES Lausanne and researcher at the University of Psychology and Medicine of Grenoble.
He worked as a graphic designer, therapist , actor, ethnoclinicien , psychotherapist, art therapist .
François Fleury was born in 1947 , passes various years as an occupational therapist in psychiatry in Lausanne, then he participated in the establishment of experimental work on the actor in the Theater Onze , Lausanne , shows and events which will be born . He became a consultant assistant ethnopsychology the Universities of Urbino and Verona / Italy, and then as co-founder of the Association Appartenances in Lausanne , where he currently worked as a consultant in ethnoclinic , lectured , traineur and superviseur on question of the mental health of migrants.
(www.appartenances.ch)
He also led a workshop in Art Therapy , making films for over 20 years , within the framework of Community activities DPA- CHUV in Lausanne.
(www.activites-communautaires.ch)
Park Art Istanbul Turkey
http://parkartistanbul.com/atolyeler/sifa-sanati-atolyesi-the-art-of-the-cure-workshop/
Who Observes What?
http://parkartistanbul.com/
Osmanağa Mh. Yoğurtçu Park Cd. 44/B Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey
18.4.14
Click title for flyerA Practicum on the Five Obligolnian Strivings
A Gathering ~
June 22 through the 28th, Seattle, Washington USA
concerning what we are obliged to do in this life, in order to live humanely and develop conscience.
In
G.I. Gurdjieff’s system of self-knowledge, transmitted in his seminal
text, Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson, the Obligolnian Strivings are
presented as a set of practices by the prophet Ashiata Shiemash for
acquiring genuine conscience.
The Five Strivings are as follows:
The Five Strivings are as follows:
✴ The first striving: to have in their ordinary being-existence everything satisfying and really necessary for their planetary body.
✴The second striving: to have a constant and unflagging instinctive need for self-perfection in the sense of being.
✴ The third: the conscious striving to know ever more and more concerning the laws of World-creation and World- maintenance.
✴The fourth: the striving from the beginning of their existence to pay for their arising and their individuality as quickly as possibly, in order afterward to be free to lighten as much as possibly, the Sorrow of our Common Father.
✴The fourth: the striving from the beginning of their existence to pay for their arising and their individuality as quickly as possibly, in order afterward to be free to lighten as much as possibly, the Sorrow of our Common Father.
✴ The fifth: the striving always to assist the most rapid perfecting
of other beings, both those similar to oneself and those of other
forms, up to the degree of the sacred ‘Martfotai’ that is, up to the
degree of self-individuality.
It
is time, given the world circumstances and challenges, to take these
strivings to heart. We intend to explore the practical application of
this path to conscience in the context of our daily lives. Everyone is
invited to share their experience and insight. The forth striving
emphasizes the further obligatory task awaiting us
beyond the quest for our own transformation.
17.4.14
*** Announcement***
We have
decided to cancel the Bennett Pilgrimage tours for 2014.
We did not receive the required minimum number of
travelers for our tours. With each tour we need to reach a certain number of
travelers so we can meet the tour price. The bus seats a maximum of 27 people,
but we like to keep the maximum seating around 22, this leaves space for those
who would like to rest in the back, and because of limited space for luggage in
the hold. We also like to keep the minimum number of people on the tour so we
have a manageable working group. This year we indicated minimums of between 17
and 15 people, any lower minimum number of people would not be feasible due to
petrol costs, and expenses.
The tours will be rescheduled for next year, 2015.
The details
will be uploaded to the website and here within the next month.
We will follow the same itinerary for Eastern
Turkey and Armenia, as is posted for 2014 on the website. The dates will change
slightly, but we are aiming for late May through June for the tours. The price
may change depending on increases or decreases in the cost of services.
It is our wish that you can join us next year for
one of our tours, both of the tours are so rich in experiences culturally and
spiritually. We respect whatever spiritual tradition you belong to; respecting
your beliefs and background. It is our wish to make the experience accessible
to all who wish to participate.
T.S. Eliot in the Four Quartets (1943) put it this
way:
"We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time."
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