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FOREWORD, BY GARETH KNIGHT		xi
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION		xiii
PREFACE TO THE 1993 EDITION		xvi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS		xix
Part 1 The Native Tradition
INTRODUCTION TO PART 1: THE INWARD SPIRAL		2	(20)
Threading the Labyrinth		2	(4)
Western Folk Weave		6	(5)
The Sacred Arts		11	(4)
Notes on the Practices in This Book		15	(7)
1 THE OLD RELIGION		22	(30)
Rite and the Foretime		22	(8)
Walkers Between the Worlds		30	(7)
Mysteries and Initiation		37	(15)
Practices		43	(21)
1. Finding Your Clan Totem		43	(3)
2. Analeptic Memory		46	(3)
3. The Festivals as Hidden Doorways		49	(3)
2 THE MAGIC EARTH		52	(21)
Sacred Space		52	(6)
Paths of the Dragon		58	(6)
Wisdom of the Earth		64	(9)
Practices		68	(29)
4. The Shimmering Way		68	(3)
5. The Terrestrial Zodiac		71	(2)
3 MEETING THE GODS		73	(33)
Native Myths and God Forms		73	(5)
The Faces of the Gods		78	(14)
The Mythic Cycles		92	(5)
The Way of the Story		97	(9)
Practice		102	(22)
6. Meeting the Gods		102	(4)
4 VOYAGES TO THE OTHERWORLD		106	(27)
The Ancestral Paradise		106	(7)
The Shining Ones		113	(3)
Travelers to and from the Otherworld		116	(4)
Passports to Inner Realms		120	(4)
Paradise Lost and Regained		124	(9)
Practices		128	(23)
7. Contacting the Guardian		128	(2)
8. The Two Trees		130	(3)
5 THE SECRET COMMONWEALTH		133	(34)
Native Wisdom		133	(9)
The Secret People		142	(5)
The Mother Country		147	(4)
Time of Regeneration		151	(16)
Practices		155	(50)
9. Self-Clarification		155	(5)
10. The Retreat		160
Part 2 The Hermetic Tradition
INTRODUCTION TO PART 2: THE OUTWARD SPIRAL		167	(12)
Notes on the Practices in Part 2		175	(4)
6 SCHOOLS OF MYSTERY		179	(43)
Flashes of Fire		179	(12)
The Hermetic Reality		191	(6)
The Language 0f Desire		197	(8)
Guardians of Tradition		205	(17)
Practices		214	(1)
11. The Labyrinth of the Gods		214	(1)
12. Building the Body of Light		219	(3)
7 THE DIVINE KNOWING		222	(38)
The Gifts of Wisdom		222	(5)
The Fruits of Gnosis		227	(12)
Aslan Is Not a Safe Lion		239	(11)
The Shattered Vessels		250	(10)
Practice		257	(1)
13. The Temple of Inner Wisdom		257	(3)
8 THE MAGUS AND HIs MAGIC		260	(39)
The Return of the Shaman		260	(9)
Expanding the Universe		269	(10)
The Divine Chariot		279	(20)
Practices		288	(1)
14. The Hermetic Way		288	(1)
15. The Foursquare Citadel		290	(9)
9 THROUGH THE INNER DOOR		299	(62)
The Language of Correspondence and Symbol		299	(12)
Hidden Masters, Secret Sibyls		311	(7)
Making Contact		318	(5)
Archetypes and Initiators		323	(22)
The Hermetic Landscape		345	(16)
Practices		353	(1)
16. The Caduceus of Hermes		353	(1)
17. Otherworld Gateways and Symbols		356	(1)
18. Honoring Our Spiritual Lineage		359	(2)
10 ALCHEMY: THE FIRE-TRIED STONE		361	(29)
Hunting the Green Lion		361	(10)
The Wandering Viaticum		371	(6)
The Chymical Wedding		377	(13)
Practices		385	(1)
19. The Shepherd of Stars		385	(1)
20. Revitalizing Your Roots		386	(1)
21. Guardians of Anima Mundi		388	(2)
EPILOGUE: TOMORROW`S TRADITION		390	(7)
RESOURCES		397	(3)
BIBLIOGRAPHY		400	(27)
INDEX		427

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Preface		ix
List of illustrations		xiv
Part One. Res Gestae
I Introduction		3
II Ammianus and his History		8
(1) The political setting		8
(2) Composition		17
III Ammianus and Constantius: Civil Dissension and Foreign War		33
IV North-East Frontier		48
(1) The satrapy of Corduene		48
(2) The siege of Amida		57
V The Young Ammianus: Social and Cultural Setting		67
VI The Rise of Julian		81
VII Julian and the Philosophers		115
VIII The Invasion of Persia		130
(1) Historical perspectives		130
(2) Historical geography		140
(3) Ammianus and other sources		161
IX Legitimacy and Usurpation: Jovian to Procopius		180
X Valentinian and Valens: Sex, Magic and Treason		204
Part Two. Visa vel Lecta
XI The Office of Emperor		231
XII The Character of Government		253
XIII The Practice of War		279
XIV Barbarians and Bandits		304
(1) Farmers: Alamanni and Goths		306
(2) Nomads: Huns and Saracens		332
(3) Rebels: Isaurians and Moors		355
(4) Conclusion: Ammianus and his sources		376
XV The Physical Environment: Town and Country		383
XVI Social Relations		404
XVII Religion and Philosophy		424
(1) Divination and daimones		424
(2) Christianity in Ammianus		435
XVIII The Roman and the Greek		452
Notes		473
Bibliography		554
Index		572

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