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Tables of Contents for The Alternative Gospel
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Illustrations
x
3
Acknowledgements
xiii
2
Introduction
xv
PART ONE: Through Myth to Meaning
3
74
1 MYTH: A FORGOTTEN LANGUAGE
3
16
The oral tradition
5
4
Myth: Language of the gods?
9
5
Parables, teaching stories, and the wisdom of the gods
14
3
A new point of certainty
17
2
2 MYTH AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
19
11
Myth and the creation of the universe
20
3
Myth and the source of life
23
7
3 THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME
30
15
The mythical journey
31
2
The myth of Narcissus
33
1
Awakening to reality
34
2
Dante's four levels of meaning and understanding
36
3
The parable of the Prodigal Son
39
6
4 SEPARATION, REJECTION, AND SUFFERING
45
15
Separation
47
2
Rejection
49
3
Suffering
52
3
Healing
55
5
5 ENLIGHTENMENT AND SPIRITUAL REBIRTH
60
17
Spiritual rebirth as revelation
61
5
Spiritual rebirth as self-knowledge
66
2
Spiritual rebirth as a natural process
68
2
The looking-glass mind
70
7
PART TWO: Through Meaning to Being
77
131
6 THE JUDAEO-CHRISTIAN MYTH
77
22
A fall from grace?
80
3
The Last Times
83
4
The Last Times in the gospels
87
3
The old and the new
90
9
7 BEHOLD THE SPIRIT!
99
16
The Gospel of John and the Incarnation of the Word
102
2
The Gospel of Luke: From Annunciation to Temptation
104
1
Two Annunciations and two Births
105
4
The Presentation in the Temple
109
2
In my Father's house
111
4
8 BORN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT
115
12
Born of water
115
3
Born of the Spirit
118
5
Temptation in the Wilderness
123
4
9 SPIRITUAL EMPOWERMENT
127
19
A man born blind
129
3
Empowerment and healing
132
2
Feeding the Five Thousand
134
4
Walking on water
138
3
Calming the storm
141
1
A flask of precious ointment
142
4
10 IN TWO MINDS
146
12
Not my will, but thine
147
2
The bread of life
149
3
The leaven of the Pharisees
152
4
The One Teacher
156
2
11 A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN
158
13
The parable of the Marriage Feast
160
3
The parable of the Bridegroom
163
2
A wedding at Cana
165
3
A marital problem
168
3
12 THE PATH OF RETURN
171
10
Riding on a donkey
173
1
Cleaning the temple
174
2
In an upper room
176
5
13 THE END OF MEANING
181
14
Agony in the Garden
182
1
Judas
183
4
Peter
187
3
A matter of choice
190
2
The end of meaning
192
3
14 FOLLOW ME!
195
13
The empty tomb
196
2
Letting go
198
3
A tale of two fishermen
201
2
Follow me!
203
5
Notes
208
14
Select bibliography
222
4
Index
226