BOOK ONE In Three Parts

The Pilgrim as a Young Man

Chapters to the Right

Table of Contents Below

BOOK ONE

Part One

THE PILGRIM AS A YOUNG MAN ……………………………………………1

CHAPTER ONE …………………………………………………………………………3

In which:

-The “Grand Affair” of spiritual vocation kicks in. -The boy -The vicious, but handsome, young man. -Pilgrimage to test the effects of pilgrimage. -Shamanism, Buddhism, a great, late 20th Century thinker and the Black Widow are introduced.

-A cocktail party.

CHAPTER TWO

INDIA ………………………………………………………………………………..18 In which:

-Preparation -We arrive in India. -What was supposed to happen. What really happened. -The second dragon. -Shivalila Women. -The flight home: A vision. -Who followed us home.

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HOW DIONYSIUS SAVED HIS MOTHER FROM HELL

CHAPTER THREE

GREECE ……………………………………………………………………………..29 In which:

-Preparation is made for Pilgrimage to Greece. -Altered states are described. -Scarification -Stonehenge

-Learn to fly. -Venice -Car accident -Mount Olympus -Migraine

-Death of the Sacred King -Home

Part Two

SIMON DREAMS …………………………………………………………………….41

CHAPTER FOUR

THE TRIP …………………………………………………………………………..43

CHAPTER FIVE

WOMAN’S LIBERATION ……………………………………………………51

CHAPTER SIX

WOLFMAN ………………………………………………………………………..59

CHAPTER SEVEN

ZUNI ………………………………………………………………………………….68

G. K. Odiak And The Reverend Stephen Frost PhD

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Part Three

CHAPTER EIGHT

MEMORANDUM ……………………………………………………………….77 Holy Week, 1997

To: The Bishop Re: Physiology, Cosmology and Ecclesiology

CHAPTER NINE

MEXQUAKE ……………………………………………………………………….85