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Tables of Contents for Ploughing the Clouds
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Plates
vi
1
Acknowledgements
vii
Preface
1
8
Part One
9
28
The Use and Elusiveness of Psychotropic Plants; The Migrating Indo-Europeans; Irish Soma Hypothesis
9
6
Irish Soma: The Evidence
15
22
Part Two
37
101
1. Interpretations
37
3
2. Origins
40
3
3. Vrtra: Soma and Sacrifice
43
5
4. The Second Battle of Moytura
48
6
5. Cows
54
7
6. Vena and Fionn
61
10
7. Indra, Agni, Fionn
71
4
8. Gandharvas and Maruts
75
8
9. The Firebird and the Calendar
83
10
10. Snakes and Chthonic Power
93
10
11. Women
103
8
12. The Architecture and Cuisine of Sacrifice
111
11
13. One-Eye
122
8
14. The Jealousy of the Gods and the Origin of Poetry
130
8
Bibliography
138
7
Credits and Permissions
145
1
Index
146