Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. ONE The Worship of the Generative Powers 1
6. TWO The Cult of the Sun 27
7. THREE The Blasphemers 49
8. FOUR The Shoemaker and the Squire 67
9. FIVE Magicians and Revolutionaries 93
10. SIX Neophytes and Initiates 115
11. SEVEN Artists and Astrologers 131
12. EIGHT Animal Magnetism 151
13. NINE Visions in the Crystal 169
14. TEN Hydesville and After 187
15. ELEVEN From the Orphic Circle to the Golden Dawn 205
16. TWELVE The Way to Christ 227
17. THIRTEEN Rosicrucian Pretenders 247
18. FOURTEEN Enter Madame Blavatsky 277
19. FIFTEEN Wisdom from the East 307
20. SIXTEEN The Hermetic Reaction 333
21. SEVENTEEN The Parting of East and West 363
22. Appendix A Transcription of Raja Rammohun Roy's letter to Robert Dale Owen 381
23. Appendix B Transcription of Hargrave jennings's letter to Bulwer-Lytton 383
24. Notes 387
25. Bibliography of Works Cited 419
26. Index 435