Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vi

Prelude 1

Foreword 2

Introduction 4

The Lesser Work: Coniunctio, Nigredo and Solutio 15

1 When Love Goes to Hell: Nigredo 16

2 Heartwork: Solutio 43

The Greater Work: Coagulatio 73

3 The Desert Journey 74

4 Erotic Soul Relationships 102

5 New Ground 111

6 Wings... 137

The Greater Work: Rubedo 151

7 Living, Loving, Open-Hearted, Royal 152

8 Above, Below: Below, Above 174

9 In the End, the Beginning 197

References 202

Select Bibliography 209

Further Information 211

For the Beloved, in Air and Stone 212