Joseph is a Sydney, Australia Historian and Attorney. He is acquainted with Greek, Latin and the ancient cuneiform language of Akkadian and has also made inroads into Egyptian and its hieroglyphics, Sumerian, Hebrew and Ugartic. Fr. Azize currently serves as Diocesan Priest and Research Officer with the Maronite Eparchy of Australia. His other books include: John Lennon: Harmony Out of Pain, The Phoenician Solar Theology: An Investigation Into the Phoenician Opinion of the Sun Found in Julian's Hymn to King Helios, and George Adie: A Gurdjieff Pupil in Australia. His life was transformed when he met and studied under George and Helen Adie, who had been personal students of G.I. Gurdjieff, and embodied the path of mysticism in daily life.