The Franklin Merrell-Wolff Fellowship

Wolff begins this letter by noting that Mr. Gatchell’s circumstances give him a real advantage amongst those interested in “the philosophy and life of the Path.” Wolff then references some experiences that Mr. Gatchell had in Des Moines (we do not know what this episode was, as we do not have Mr. Gatchell’s letters to Wolff) and explains that the importance of the work in which Mr. Gatchell is involved (that is, the spiritualization of consciousness) is bound to attract an enemy of such work. In the second half of this letter, Wolff provides some guidance along the Path, noting that ethical preparation is more important than physical work, and that “is also of almost equal importance that the students get well grounded in the philosophy”—which “leads consciousness out of the concrete material to the universal or spiritual.” (2 pages)