Contents

Introduction

Part I - Ethical

Chapter I - Laying the foundations

Chapter II - The way of initiation

Chapter III - Preparation for initiation

Chapter IV - The path of the hearth-fire

Chapter V - The initiate's ideal

Chapter VI - Daily life upon the path

Part II - Theoretical

Chapter VII - A ground-plan of illuminism

Chapter VIII - A ground-plan of illuminism II

Chapter IX - A ground-plan of illuminism III

Chapter X - The head-waters of occultism

Chapter XI - The sources of the esoteric christian tradition

Chapter XII - The alphabet of the mysteries

Part III - Practical

Chapter XIII - The training of the mind

Chapter XIV - The training of the body

Chapter XV - Initiation and celibacy

Chapter XVI - The western esoteric systems