Contents

1. Cover Image
2. Title Page
3. Foreword by H. T Hansen
4. Translator's Note
5. Preface
6. Part One: The Symbols and Teachings
   1. Introduction to Part One: The Tree, the Serpent, and the Titans
   2. Chapter One: The Plurality and Duality of Civilizations
   3. Chapter Two: Living Nature
   4. Chapter Three: The Hermetic Knowledge
   5. Chapter Four: “One the All” and the Dragon Ouroboros
   6. Chapter Five: The Hermetic Presence
   7. Chapter Six: Creation and Myth
   8. Chapter Seven: “Woman,” “Water,” “Mercury,” and “Poison”
   9. Chapter Eight: The Separation: Sun and Moon
   10. Chapter Nine: Frozen and Flowing Waters
   11. Chapter Ten: Salt and the Cross
   12. Chapter Eleven: The Four Elements and Sulfur
   13. Chapter Twelve: Soul, Spirit, and Body
   14. Chapter Thirteen: The “Four” in Man
   15. Chapter Fourteen: The Planets
   16. Chapter Fifteen: The Centers of Life
   17. Chapter Sixteen: The Seven, the Operations, and the Mirror
   18. Chapter Seventeen: Gold in the Art
   19. Chapter Eighteen: Shadow, Ashes, and Remains
   20. Chapter Nineteen: Philosophical Incest
   21. Chapter Twenty: The Tomb and Thirst
   22. Chapter Twenty-One: Saturn: Inverted Gold
   23. Chapter Twenty-Two: The Field and the Seed
   24. Chapter Twenty-Three: The Sword and the Rose
   25. Chapter Twenty-Four: Stem, Virus, and Iron
7. Part Two: The Hermetic Royal Art
   1. Introduction to Part Two: The Reality of Palingenesis
   2. Chapter Twenty-Five: The Separation
   3. Chapter Twenty-Six: Death and the Black Work
   4. Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Trial of the Void
   5. Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Flight of the Dragon
   6. Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Dry Path and the Wet Path
   7. Chapter Thirty: Hermetic Asceticism
   8. Chapter Thirty-One: The Path of the Breath and the Path of the Blood
   9. Chapter Thirty-Two: The Heart and the Light
   10. Chapter Thirty-Three: Denudations and Eclipses
   11. Chapter Thirty-Four: The Thirst for God and the Corrosive Waters
   12. Chapter Thirty-Five: The Path of Venus and the Radical Path
   13. Chapter Thirty-Six: The Hermetic Fires
   14. Chapter Thirty-Seven: The White Work: Rebirth
   15. Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Coniunctio in White
   16. Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Eternal Vigil
   17. Chapter Forty: The Body of Light and Production of Silver
   18. Chapter Forty-One: Birth into Life and Immortality
   19. Chapter Forty-Two: The Red Work: Return to Earth
   20. Chapter Forty-Three: The Alchemical Colors and Multiplication
   21. Chapter Forty-Four: The Planetary Hierarchy
   22. Chapter Forty-Five: Knowledge of the Red and the Triunity
   23. Chapter Forty-Six: Prophetic Knowledge
   24. Chapter Forty-Seven: The Four Stages of Power
   25. Chapter Forty-Eight: Metallic Transmutation
   26. Chapter Forty-Nine: Correspondences, Times, and Rites
   27. Chapter Fifty: Silence and the Tradition
   28. Chapter Fifty-One: The Invisible Masters
8. Footnotes
9. Other books by Julius Evola
10. About the Author
11. About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
12. Books of Related Interest
13. Copyright & Permissions
14. Index