CONTENTS Preface I Points of View II The Mysteries and their Wisdom III The Greek Sages before Plato in the Light of the Wisdom of the Mysteries IV Plato as a Mystic V The Wisdom of the Mysteries and the Myth VI The Mystery Wisdom of Egypt VII The Gospels VIII The Lazarus Miracle IX The Apocalypse of St John X Jesus and His Historical Background XI The Nature of Christianity XII Christianity and Heathen Wisdom XIII St Augustine and the Church