Journals & Diaries

This page provides access to the journals and diaries of Franklin and Sherifa Merrell-Wolff; you can also read an introduction to these Journals & Diaries.
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Wolff’s Record of His “Fundamental Realizations”

After Wolff’s “First Fundamental Realization” on August 7, 1936, he began a journal that chronicled his experience and reflections during the one-hundred-and-one days that followed. Several years later, Wolff had the journal typed into manuscript form with the title “From Point-I to Space-I.” The manuscript included a foreword written by his wife, an introduction dated February 20, 1939, a two-part addenda consisting of a remark titled “Two Years Later” (and dated January 30, 1939) along with a glossary of various terms found in the work. Wolff also added an appendix to Chapter LLII on “The High Indifference” that he dated January 19, 1939 and placed at the end of the manuscript. This document would be published five years later with the title “Pathways Through to Space,” but without the foreword or introduction. This journal is available here. (473 pages)

17 August 1936 - 16 November 1936 read or download
Excerpts from Sherifa’s Journal

These are transcripts of pages that have been excerpted from Sherifa’s journal during the time that her husband had his two “Fundamental Realizations” in 1936. These pages are of particular interest as they give a third-person account of this period in Wolff’s life. (8 pages)

29 August 1936 - April 1938 read or download
Further Notes on the Record

This is an addition to Wolff’s “record” that was published as Pathways Through to Space. The final entry in that work is dated 16 November 1936, with addenda added two years later (30 January 1939). The entry here is from May 19, 1937; it has been extracted from Wolff’s audio recording titled “Precaution Against Misinterpretation of the Philosophy” (22 March 1970). (6 pages)

19 May 1937 read or download
Further Notes on the Record

This is an addition to Wolff’s “record” that was published as Pathways Through to Space. The final entry in that work is dated 16 November 1936, with addenda added two years later (30 January 1939). The entry here is from November 20, 1938. (1 page)

20 November 1938 read or download