Preface
Acknowledgments
1. A Unique Philosopher
Wolff's Philosophical Significance
Synopsis
2. Franklin Wolff: Life and Influences
Overview
Biography
Theosophy
Pythagoras
Immanuel Kant
Samkara
Minor Influences
Summary
3. Realization
The Nature of Mystical Realization
Description and Interpretation
I Am Atman
I Am Nirvana
Substantiality is Inversely Proportional to Ponderability
I Am THAT
The High Indifference
Permanent Result of the Five Realizations
Philosophical Implications
4. Mysticism and Philosophy
Mysticism
Philosophy
5. Mystical Language
Ineffability
Strategies of Expression
Symbolic Language
Genres of Wolff's Formulation
Critical Evaluation
6. Transcendence of the Self
Foundations of Wolff's Philosophy
Phenomenology
Consciousness
Self
Subject and Object
7. Primacy of Consciousness
Primordial Consciousness
Origin and Nature of Ego
Phenomenology of Mysticism
Metaphysical Implications
8. The Noetic Thesis
Mysticism and Noesis
Introception
Knowledge-through-Identity
Kant and Samkara
Authority of Realization
Conclusion
9. Introceptualism
Wolff's Philosophical Legacy
Oroboros
Notes
Selected Sources
Index