Franklin Merrell-Wolff reflects upon his imperience of 1936 as it bears upon the total constitution of man. He elaborates upon a threefold designation of this constitution into that which he calls the “child,” the “intellectual man,” and the “real being.” Wolff provides autobiographical material as a means of clarifying these designations and gives a report of two sleeping experiences involving a confrontation with the aspect of the dark side known as “Mephisto.” He offers an interpretation of these dreams from a Jungian perspective and discusses the relevance of the pleasure and power motives within his personal psychology and yogic experience. Wolff goes on to discuss the moral sense as it relates to the child, the intellectual man, and the real being. He then outlines a correlation between the three functions of consciousness, namely, sense perception, conceptual cognition, and introceptual cognition with the child, the intellectual man, and the real being and gives an account of the manner in which conceptual cognition functions when dealing with the inpouring of energy from the introceptual consciousness. Wolff concludes by recounting his experience with an asuric attack in which the threefold division was also clearly evident.
Recording Location
Phoenix, Ariz.
Recording Date
2 June 1973
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Recording Duration
63 min
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