The text is notoriously difficult to read. Gurdjieff intentionally used:
The book details the Law of Three (Triamazikamno) and the Law of Seven (Heptaparaparshinokh), which Gurdjieff describes as the governing principles of all processes in the universe. Literary Style Beelzebub's Tales To His Grandson (1924)
to prevent "automatic" reading.
Gurdjieff uses this term for a method of transmitting "initiatic" knowledge through the ages via specific symbols, rituals, or complex literary structures. The text is notoriously difficult to read