Volume 1 - the native tradition. Introduction the inward spiral: threading the maze; western folk-weave; the ritual stance; notes on the exercises in this book. Part 1 The old religion: rite and foretime; walkers-between-the-worlds; mysteries and initiation; exercise - finding your clan totem, analeptic memory, the festivals as hidden doorways. Part 2 The magic earth: sacred space; the paths of the dragon; the wisdom of the earth; magic earth exercise notes; exercise - the shimmering way, the terrestrial zodiac. Part 3 Meeting the gods: native myths and god-forms; the faces of the gods; modern mythographers and story-tellers; exercise - meeting the gods. Part 4 Voyages to the other world: the ancestral paradise; the shining ones; passports to inner realms; paradise lost and regained; exercise - contacting the guardian, the two trees meditation. Part 5 The secret commonwealth: native wisdom; the secret people; the mother-country; redeeming the time; exercise - self-clarification, the retreat. Volume 2 - the Hermetic tradition. Part 1 Schools of mystery: flashes of fire; the Hermetic reality; the language of desire; guardians of tradition; exercise - the maze of the gods, building the body of light. Part 2 The divine knowing: the gifts of wisdom; the fruits of gnosis; Aslan is not a safe lion; the shattered vessels; exercise - the temple of inner wisdom. Part 3 The Magus and his magic: the return of the Shaman; expanding the universe; the divine chariot; exercise - the Hermetic way, the four-square citadel. Part 4 Through the inner door: celestial memories; hidden masters - secret sibyls; guides and guardians; the Hermetic landscape; exercise - the Caduceus of Hermes, otherworld gateways and symbols. Part 5 Alchemy the fire-tried stone: the hunting of the green lion; the wandering viaticum; the chymical wedding; exercise - the shepherd of stars, revitalizing your roots.
