| Preface | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. xvii |
| The Equation: Imagery and Concepts | p. 1 |
| The General Purpose of the Equation | p. 1 |
| Explanation of "A"ùThe Anthropos | p. 4 |
| Explanation of "B"-The Shadow | p. 7 |
| Explanation of "C"-Physis | p. 9 |
| The Connection between Shadow B and Physis C | p. 13 |
| Explanation of "D"-The Lapis | p. 114 |
| Movement in the Equation | p. 18 |
| The Tetrameria | p. 20 |
| Movement to the Left in the Tetrameria | p. 23 |
| Output of the Tetrameria | p. 23 |
| Repetition of Factors in the Equation | p. 26 |
| Correspondence, Synchronicity | p. 28 |
| Quaternio Structure | p. 29 |
| The Four Functions | p. 33 |
| The Middle of the Quaternio and Mercurius | p. 36 |
| First Quaternio: The Moses Quaternio | p. 38 |
| Second Quaternio: The Shadow Quaternio | p. 42 |
| Third Quaternio: The Paradise Quaternio | p. 43 |
| Fourth Quaternio: The Lapis Quaternio | p. 45 |
| The Descending Order of the Quaternities | p. 46 |
| The Quaternities as a Circle | p. 49 |
| The Center of the Circle | p. 51 |
| The Squaring of the Circle | p. 53 |
| An Explanation of the Process | p. 55 |
| Introduction | p. 55 |
| The Subject of the Equation-The Self | p. 55 |
| The Object: Spirit and Matter | p. 58 |
| Spirit and Matter: Philosophical Speculation | p. 60 |
| The Romantics: Fichte, Schelling | p. 61 |
| Heidegger and the Equation | p. 64 |
| Jung's View of the Split between Spirit and.Matter | p. 66 |
| Synchronicity | p. 74 |
| Gerhard Dorn | p. 76 |
| Dorn and the Descent from "A" to "B" | p. 77 |
| Dorn and "C" Paradise | p. 81 |
| Dorn and the Lapis | p. 83 |
| The Significance of the Lapis | p. 85 |
| Dorn and the Rotundum | p. 89 |
| The Resolution of the Equation | p. 92 |
| The Applicability of the Equation to a Transcendent God | p. 93 |
| The Unconscious God | p. 101 |
| God and Man | p. 105 |
| Individuation and the Equation | p. 109 |
| The Importance of The Opposites | p. 111 |
| The Structure of the Equation: The Vision of Ezekiel | p. 112 |
| The Structure of the Equation: Nurribers | p. 115 |
| Tentative Conclusions | p. 117 |
| Commentary on the Equation | p. 123 |
| Introduction | p. 123 |
| Marie-Louise von Franz | p. 124 |
| Murray Stein | p. 127 |
| Edward Edinger | p. 129 |
| The Equation and the Transcendent God | p. 137 |
| Background | p. 137 |
| Differentiation in the Work of Ibn Al-'Arabl | p. 140 |
| The Perfect Man and the Polished Mirror | p. 144 |
| The Heart as the Locus of Knowledge | p. 147 |
| The Active Imagination | p. 150 |
| Stations and the Equation | p. 152 |
| Unio Mystica | p. 155 |
| The Equation in Ibn Al-'Arabl's Terms | p. 157 |
| Jewish Mysticism and the Equation | p. 161 |
| Background | p. 161 |
| The God of the Equation | p. 163 |
| Lurianic Kabbalah | p. 166 |
| The Anthropos and Kabbalah | p. 168 |
| The Sefirot as Tetrameria | p. 171 |
| The Shadow in Kabbalah | p. 175 |
| Garden of Eden | p. 179 |
| Descent into Matter | p. 179 |
| Aurobindo: Going Beyond the Equation | p. 183 |
| Background | p. 183 |
| Involution and Evolution | p. 185 |
| Creation and Cosmology | p. 186 |
| Spirit and Matter | p. 189 |
| Exploration of Matter | p. 192 |
| Evolution and the Equation | p. 193 |
| Savitri's Mission | p. 200 |
| Aswapathy | p. 202 |
| Savitri and Death | p. 207 |
| Comparison with the Equation | p. 208 |
| Jung and Evolution | p. 210 |
| Synthesis | p. 213 |
| The Inevitability of the Equation | p. 213 |
| The Choice of Spirit and Matter for the Equation | p. 218 |
| Mercurius and Transcendence | p. 220 |
| Creation and the Equation | p. 222 |
| Progressing in the Equation | p. 223 |
| What the Equation Means: A Narrative | p. 226 |
| Endnotes | p. 231 |
| Works Cited | p. 277 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 295 |
| Index | p. 297 |
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