The Four Principles

A fine example of what can be achieved in this way is provided by the Englishman Oliphant.[^3] He was a very, very rich man and threw away everything he owned; gave it to charitable foundations, etc. and moved to America poor, where he earned his bread with the labor of his hands. When he had saved up a little, he and his wife moved to Mount Carmel and built themselves a hut. There he began dictating to his wife, and she wrote down the most wonderful things that one can read –[^4] the spiritual power that flowed to him from the spiritual world. Then his wife died. Now he tried to write by himself. But he could only do so by retiring to the hut he had shared with his wife.