| | PAGE |
| I. INTRODUCTORY | 9 |
| II. SOLAR MYTHS AND CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS | 19 |
| III. THE SYMBOLISM OF THE ZODIAC | 36 |
| IV. TOTEM-SACRAMENTS AND EUCHARISTS | 54 |
| V. FOOD AND VEGETATION MAGIC | 69 |
| VI. MAGICIANS, KINGS AND GODS | 86 |
| VII. RITES OF EXPIATION AND REDEMPTION | 100 |
| VIII. PAGAN INITIATIONS AND THE SECOND BIRTH | 117 |
| IX. MYTH OF THE GOLDEN AGE | 137 |
| X. THE SAVIOUR-GOD AND THE VIRGIN-MOTHER | 154 |
| XI. RITUAL DANCING | 163 |
| XII. THE SEX-TABOO | 180 |
| XIII. THE GENESIS OF CHRISTIANITY | 198 |
| XIV. THE MEANING OF IT ALL | 222 |
| XV. THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES | 257 |
| XVI. THE EXODUS OF CHRISTIANITY | 257 |
| XVII. CONCLUSION | 271 |
| APPENDIX ON THE TEACHINGS OF THE UPANISHADS: | |
| I. REST | 283 |
| II. THE NATURE OF THE SELF | 295 |
| INDEX | 309 |