Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
I.
Remote Beings
II.
Yājñavalkya
III.
Animals
IV.
The Progenitor
V.
They Who Saw the Hymns
VI.
The Adventures of Mind and Speech
VII.
Ātman
VIII.
Perfect Wakefulness
IX.
The Brāhmaṇas
X.
The Line of the Fires
XI.
Vedic Erotica
XII.
Gods Who Offer Libations
XIII.
Residue and Surplus
XIV.
Hermits in the Forest
XV.
Ritology
XVI.
The Sacrificial Vision
XVII.
After the Flood
XVIII.
Tiki
XIX.
The Act of Killing
XX.
The Flight of the Black Antelope
XXI.
King Soma
Antecedents and Consequents
Notes
Note on Sanskrit Pronunciation
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Index
Illustration Credits
Frontispiece
Also by Roberto Calasso
A Note About the Author and Translator
Copyright