Chapter I: Introduction: 5

I. THE RETURN 15

II. TELL NO MAN 16

III. GUARDING THE DOOR 18

IV. A CLOUD ON THE MIRROR 19

V. THE PROMISE OF THINGS UNTOLD 21

VI. THE WAND OF WILL 22

VII. A LIGHT BEHIND THE VEIL 24

VIII. THE IRON GRIP OF MATTER 26

IX. WHERE SOULS GO UP AND DOWN 28

X. A RENDEZVOUS IN THE FOURTH DIMENSION 30

XI. THE BOY--LIONEL 35

XII. THE PATTERN WORLD 40

XIII. FORMS REAL AND UNREAL 44

XIV. A FOLIO OF PARACELSUS 47

XV. A ROMAN TOGA 51

XVI. A THING TO BE FORGOTTEN 56

XVII. THE SECOND WIFE OVER THERE 64

XVIII. INDIVIDUAL HELLS 70

XIX. A LITTLE HOME IN HEAVEN 71

XX. THE MAN WHO FOUND GOD 78

XXI. THE LEISURE OF THE SOUL 84

XXII. THE SERPENT OF ETERNITY 90

XXIII. A BRIEF FOR THE DEFENDANT 97

XXIV. FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE 101

XXV. A SHADOWLESS WORLD 104

XXVI. CIRCLES IN THE SAND 109

XXVII. THE MAGIC RING 115

XXVIII. EXCEPT YE BE AS LITTLE CHILDREN 121

XXIX. AN UNEXPECTED WARNING 126

XXX. THE SYLPH AND THE MAGICIAN 131

XXXI. A PROBLEM IN CELESTIAL MATHEMATICS 139

XXXII. A CHANGE OF FOCUS 147

XXXIII. FIVE RESOLUTIONS 153

XXXIV. THE PASSING OF LIONEL 158

XXXV. THE BEAUTIFUL BEING 167

XXXVI. THE HOLLOW SPHERE 173

XXXVII. AN EMPTY CHINA CUP 179

XXXVIII. WHERE TIME IS NOT 187

XXXIX. THE DOCTRINE OF DEATH 195

XL. THE CELESTIAL HIERARCHY 205

XLI. THE DARLING OF THE UNSEEN 210

XLII. A VICTIM OF THE NON-EXISTENT 219

XLIII. A CLOUD OF WITNESSES 228

XLIV. THE KINGDOM WITHIN 235

XLV. THE GAME OF MAKE-BELIEVE 237

XLVI. HEIRS OF HERMES 241

XLVII. ONLY A SONG 247

XLVIII. INVISIBLE GIFTS AT YULETIDE 250

XLIX. THE GREATER DREAMLAND 258

L. A SERMON AND A PROMISE 265

LI. THE APRIL OF THE WORLD 273

LII. A HAPPY WIDOWER 276

LIII. THE ARCHIVES OF THE SOUL 284

LIV. A FORMULA FOR MASTERSHIP 288