Contents

Book One: The Book of Beginnings

Canto One: The Symbol Dawn

Canto Two: The Issue

Canto Three: The Yoga of the King: The Yoga of the Soul’s Release

Canto Four: The Secret Knowledge

Canto Five: The Yoga of the King: The Yoga of the Spirit’s Freedom and Greatness

Book Two: The Book of the Traveller of the Worlds

Canto One: The World-Stair

Canto Two: The Kingdom of Subtle Matter

Canto Three: The Glory and the Fall of Life

Canto Four: The Kingdoms of the Little Life

Canto Five: The Godheads of the Little Life

Canto Six: The Kingdoms and Godheads of the Greater Life

Canto Seven: The Descent into Night

Canto Eight: The World of Falsehood, the Mother of Evil and the Sons of Darkness

Canto Nine: The Paradise of the Life-Gods

Canto Ten: The Kingdoms and Godheads of the Little Mind

Canto Eleven: The Kingdoms and Godheads of the Greater Mind

Canto Twelve: The Heavens of the Ideal

Canto Thirteen: In the Self of Mind

Canto Fourteen: The World-Soul

Canto Fifteen: The Kingdoms of the Greater Knowledge

Book Three: The Book of the Divine Mother

Canto One: The Pursuit of the Unknowable

Canto Two: The Adoration of the Divine Mother

Canto Three: The House of the Spirit and the New Creation

Canto Four: The Vision and the Boon

Book Four: The Book of Birth and Quest

Canto One: The Birth and Childhood of the Flame

Canto Two: The Growth of the Flame

Canto Three: The Call to the Quest

Canto Four: The Quest

Book Five: The Book of Love

Canto One: The Destined Meeting-Place

Canto Two: Satyavan

Canto Three: Satyavan and Savitri

Book Six: The Book of Fate

Canto One: The Word of Fate

Canto Two: The Way of Fate and the Problem of Pain

Book Seven: The Book of Yoga

Canto One: The Joy of Union; the Ordeal of the Foreknowledge of Death and the Heart’s Grief and Pain

Canto Two: The Parable of the Search for the Soul

Canto Three: The Entry into the Inner Countries

Canto Four: The Triple Soul-Forces

Canto Five: The Finding of the Soul

Canto Six: Nirvana and the Discovery of the All-Negating Absolute

Canto Seven: The Discovery of the Cosmic Spirit and the Cosmic Consciousness

Book Eight: The Book of Death

Canto Three: Death in the Forest

Book Nine: The Book of Eternal Night

Canto One: Towards the Black Void

Canto Two: The Journey in Eternal Night and the Voice of the Darkness

Book Ten: The Book of the Double Twilight

Canto One: The Dream Twilight of the Ideal

Canto Two: The Gospel of Death and Vanity of the Ideal

Canto Three: The Debate of Love and Death

Canto Four: The Dream Twilight of the Earthly Real

Book Eleven: The Book of Everlasting Day

Canto One: The Eternal Day: The Soul’s Choice and the Supreme Consummation

Book Twelve: Epilogue

Epilogue: The Return to Earth

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