| Chapter 1. | Introduction | 1 |
| Part One. | Four Stories | 13 |
| Chapter 2. | Alan | 15 |
| Chapter 3. | Helen | 31 |
| Chapter 4. | Matthew | 47 |
| Chapter 5. | Marc | 61 |
| Part Two. | Evolutionary Change | 75 |
| Chapter 6. | Growing Up | 77 |
| Chapter 7. | Psychedelics: Blowing Open the Doors of Perception | 101 |
| Chapter 8. | Between the Sacred and Profane | 117 |
| Chapter 9. | Preparation | 129 |
| Chapter 10. | Encounters with God | 145 |
| Chapter 11. | Metamorphosis | 157 |
| Chapter 12. | Changes | 185 |
| Chapter 13. | Defection | 211 |
| Chapter 14. | Why Have the New Religions Lost Their Momentum? | 221 |
| A Statement on the Method | 227 | |
| Notes | 233 | |
| References | 237 | |
| Index | 243 | |
| Illustrations follow page | 150 |
