The mythic image

I. THE WORLD AS DREAM: The Lord of Sleep

The Lord of Death and Resurrection

The wonder child

The mighty goddess

II. THE IDEA OF A COSMIC ORDER: Literate and non-literate traditions

The world mountain

The world mountain in Middle America

The calendric round

The revolving sphere of space-time

The center of transformation

III. THE LOTUS AND THE ROSE: The flower scepter

The flower support

The waters beneath and above

The golden seed

IV. TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE INNER LIGHT: Psychology and yoga

The serpent guide

The one thus come

The wisdom of the yonder shore

The Lotus ladder

The return to Earth

V. THE SACRIFICE: The willing sacrifice

The magical, moral, and mystical orders of sacrifice

The alter of blood

The myth

VI. THE WAKING.