Yuri Gawrys
Names: Yuri GawrysYuriJerzyDr. Gawrys
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 24 (2)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 24A Polish Catholic biophysicist, born Jerzy, taken from his parents in Łódź as a child; he killed enemies and was tormented by it.
- Ch 24He resists Urgyen's pacifism, insisting he and Tamara are the vanguard who must live to lead the world to peace.
- Ch 25Yuri Gawrys, a pivotal operant, used his metafaculties to kill, which the Lylmik deplore.
- Ch 27Polish-born biophysicist and telepath, once called Jerzy, married to Tamara; has had two heart attacks and is exhausted and failing.
- Ch 27Personally uprooted the last hostile faction at the Institute in December, at the cost of his second heart attack.
- Ch 27Expects Andropov's death to end KGB control of psychic research and funding to be cut, which he thinks benefits their group.
- Ch 27Tells Tamara he will not live long and that she must defend the children and link the Alma-Ata group with the World Soul.
Connections
- partner ofTamara Gawrys-Sakhvadzemarried couple
- family ofValeryson
- family ofIlyason
- member ofBioenergetics Institute
- related toUrgyen Bhotiaspiritual mentor attempting to dissuade him from killing
- partner ofTamaramates
- family ofTamarahusband and wife
- family ofPyotr Sakhvadzefather-in-law
- family ofTamara Gawrys-Sakhvadzeher late husband and associate
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 24Urgyen Bhotia meets Yuri and Tamara
Under cover of an Indian scholars' tour, Urgyen secures Moscow's approval to meet the couple, reveals his remote-viewing knowledge of them, and discusses Simonov's and Volzhsky's deaths.
- Book 1 · Ch 24Urgyen's plea on Koktyube Hill
Atop Koktyube, Urgyen explains soul, spirit and the World Mind, and urges the couple to stop killing. Yuri angrily refuses; Tamara, feeling her unborn child move, says she believes him.
- Book 1 · Ch 25Lylmik discuss human violence and Unifex
Aboard the Noumenon, four Lylmik discuss the Tibetan's warning against violence, the unlikelihood of human coadunation, Yuri's killing, and Unifex's habit of walking among humans in human form.
- Book 1 · Ch 27Yuri explains the political situation
Over brandy, Yuri tells Pyotr that Andropov is dying, the Institute has been purged, and the KGB's grip will end. Tamara confirms the tremor via the Geophysical Observatory.
- Book 1 · Ch 27Yuri charges Tamara with the group's future
Privately, Yuri tells Tamara he is dying and she must protect the psychic children and eventually unite with other groups; she accepts reluctantly.