An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man. The narrative of this book revolves around the ruminations of a highly evolved being known as Beelzebub to his grandson Hassein, as they travel through space towards Beelzebub's home planet Karatas. It recounts the adventures and travails of Beelzebub amongst humans over the aeons in various locations on Earth. Beelzebub covers the entire history of the peculiar behaviors of these beings. In this text, Gurdjieff intended to "destroy, mercilessly . . . the beliefs and views about everything existing in the world." This book comprises the 1st series in Gurdjieff's monumental All and Everything series. This version has been custom formatted for digital devices and checked for typos. It includes an interactive Table of Contents.