Chapter II: Preface: TO THE SECOND EDITION iii

CHAPTER

I.--POINTS OF VIEW 1

II.--THE MYSTERIES AND THEIR WISDOM 10

III.--THE GREEK SAGES BEFORE PLATO IN THE LIGHT OF THE
WISDOM OF THE MYSTERIES 39

IV.--PLATO AS A MYSTIC 63

V.--THE WISDOM OF THE MYSTERIES AND THE MYTH 93

VI.--THE MYSTERY WISDOM OF EGYPT 127

VII.--THE GOSPELS 147

VIII.--THE LAZARUS MIRACLE 159

IX.--THE APOCALYPSE OF ST. JOHN 177

X.--JESUS AND HIS HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 198

XI.--THE NATURE OF CHRISTIANITY 203

XII.--CHRISTIANITY AND HEATHEN WISDOM 215

XIII.--ST. AUGUSTINE AND THE CHURCH 227

NOTES 239

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Christianity as Mystical Fact