E SOUL 46
VI THE SUMMER AFTERNOON OF A SHAM 58
VII IN THE TWILIGHT OF AN IDEA 70
VIII WITH THE HURIS 83

BOOK THE SECOND

IN THE TEMPLE

TO NATURE 97
I THE DOWRY OF DEMOCRACY 99
II SUBTRANSCENDENTAL 115
III THE FALSE DAWN 125
IV THE LAST STAR 130
V PRIESTO-PARENTAL 143
VI FLOUNCES AND RUFFLES 154
VII THE HOWDAJ OF FALSEHOOD 167
VIII THE KAABA OF SOLITUDE 181
IX SIGNS OF THE HERMIT 192
X THE VINEYARD IN THE KAABA 202

BOOK THE THIRD

IN KULMAKAN

TO GOD 217
I THE DISENTANGLEMENT OF THE ME 219
II THE VOICE OF THE DAWN 231
III THE SELF ECSTATIC 239
IV ON THE OPEN HIGHWAY 249
V UNION AND PROGRESS 274
VI REVOLUTIONS WITHIN AND WITHOUT 287
VII A DREAM OF EMPIRE 298
VIII ADUMBRATIONS 311
IX THE STONING AND FLIGHT 325
X THE DESERT 333
AL-KHATIMAH 341

AL-FATIHAH

In the Khedivial Library of Cairo, among the Papyri of the Scribe of
Amen-Ra and the beautifully illuminated copies of the Koran, the
modern Arabic Manuscript which forms the subject of this Book, was
found. The present Editor was attracted to it by the dedication and
the rough drawings on the cover; which, indeed, are as curious, if not
as mystical, as ancient Egyptian symbols. One of these is supposed to
represent a New York Skyscraper in the shape of a Pyramid, the other