Publication
Imprint: Lone Pine, California : Phoenix Philosophical Press, 1979. Context: Recorded July 23, 1979. Responsibility: Franklin Merrell-Wolff. Physical: 1 sound disc : CD, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Call number
CD / Front Desk
Original publication date
1979
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Formats available for lending: CD-0730
Audio Cassette Tape: AC-0706
Transcript also available
Online availability: In addition to the CD in our library, the complete 433 recordings of Franklin can be streamed/downloaded (many with transcripts) directly curtesy of the Franklin Merrell-Wolff Fellowship website at the links below.:
Complete Catalogue: https://www.merrell-wolff.org/archive/audio_recordings/intro
This recording can be streamed here: https://www.merrell-wolff.org/audio/audio-recordings/M306.mp3
Description: Conscious Dying
In this recording, Franklin Merrell-Wolff discusses the possibility of a conscious death, which he regards as “the most desirable kind of death that one could attain.” He suggests that this possibility is dependent upon two things: First, one—by resolving to continue living—must have lived beyond the point where karma would normally produce one’s death, for after this point one is at liberty to terminate one’s own life without involving the guilt of suicide. Second, one must be able to effect a division in consciousness whereby a portion of the consciousness observes while another portion goes through the transition of death. Wolff recalls that he perfected this type of division in consciousness during his experiences of 1936.
FY2013 /
Audio Cassette Tape: AC-0706
Transcript also available
Online availability: In addition to the CD in our library, the complete 433 recordings of Franklin can be streamed/downloaded (many with transcripts) directly curtesy of the Franklin Merrell-Wolff Fellowship website at the links below.:
Complete Catalogue: https://www.merrell-wolff.org/archive/audio_recordings/intro
This recording can be streamed here: https://www.merrell-wolff.org/audio/audio-recordings/M306.mp3
Description: Conscious Dying
In this recording, Franklin Merrell-Wolff discusses the possibility of a conscious death, which he regards as “the most desirable kind of death that one could attain.” He suggests that this possibility is dependent upon two things: First, one—by resolving to continue living—must have lived beyond the point where karma would normally produce one’s death, for after this point one is at liberty to terminate one’s own life without involving the guilt of suicide. Second, one must be able to effect a division in consciousness whereby a portion of the consciousness observes while another portion goes through the transition of death. Wolff recalls that he perfected this type of division in consciousness during his experiences of 1936.
FY2013 /
Physical description
4.75 inches
Language
Original language
English