CONTENTS.
PAGE
Title Page
DEDICATION (by special permission of His Majesty the Emperor of the French)v
PREFACEix
INTRODUCTION1
 
PART I.
CHAP. I.Of the Traveller, the Goal, the Stages, and the Road4
      ”     II.Of Law, Doctrine, and Truth7
      ”     III.Concerning the Perfect Man, and the Perfectly Free Man11
      ”     IV.Concerning Fellowship, and Renunciation14
      ”     V.Concerning Attraction, and Devotion19
      ”     VI.Concerning Counsel21
 
PART II.
CHAP. I.Concerning the Nature of God22
      ”     II.Concerning the Attributes of God27
      ”     III.Concerning the Works of God, physically con­sidered29
      ”     IV.Concerning the Works of God, metaphysically considered33
      ”     V.Of the four Universal Sources38
 
PART III.
CHAP. I.The Saintly and Prophetic Offices defined43
 
PART IV.
CHAP. I.On the Influence of Early Prejudice upon Belief45
 
PART V.
THE STUDY OF MAN.
CHAP. I.Grounds for the Discussion50
      ”     II.Of the Origin and Animal Development of Man51
      ”     III.Of the Intellectual and Spiritual Development of Man55
      ”     IV.Of the Upward Progress or Ascent of Man58
      ”     V.Conclusion64
 
APPENDIX. Glossary often Technical and Allegorical Terms in use among the Sufi Poets69
INDEX82