PREFACE

vii

I.

THE EXCURSION

1

II.

THE MONASTERY

20

III.

UNEXPECTED REVELATIONS

45

IV.

THE REFECTORY

71

V.

RECOLLECTIONS OF PAST LIVES

88

VI.

THE ALCHEMICAL LABORATORY

102

VII.

THE HIGHER LIFE

135

VIII.

BLACK MAGIC

158

IX.

THE END

170