The Spiritual Quest
  PREFACE
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 collapse sectionPART ONE—  ANIMAL QUAERENS:  THE QUEST AS A DIMENSION OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE
 expand sectionChapter One—  Religion and the Spiritual Quest:  From Closure to Openness
 expand sectionChapter Two—  Biological and Psychological Foundations of the Quest
 expand sectionChapter Three—  Linguistic Foundations of the Quest
 •Chapter Four—  The Questing Animal

 collapse sectionPART TWO—  THE SPIRITUAL QUEST IN RITUAL AND MYTH
 expand sectionChapter Five—  Ritual as Affirmation and Transformation
 expand sectionChapter Six—  Myth and the Journey beyond the Self
 •Chapter Seven—  Mobility and Its Limits in Communal Ritual and Myth

 collapse sectionPART THREE—  SPIRIT POSSESSION AS A FORM OF THE SPIRITUAL QUEST
 expand sectionChapter Eight—  The Varieties of Spirit Possession
 expand sectionChapter Nine—  Possession and Transformation

 collapse sectionPART FOUR—  FORMS OF THE SHAMANIC QUEST
 expand sectionChapter Ten—  Shamanism, Possession, and Ecstasy:  Australia and the Tropics
 expand sectionChapter Eleven—  Shamanic Heartland:  Central and Northern Eurasia

 collapse sectionPART FIVE—  FORMS OF THE QUEST IN NATIVE AMERICA
 collapse sectionChapter Twelve—  The Arctic and Western North America
 •Aurora Borealis: The Eskimo
 •Priestly Shamans: The Northwest Coast
 •Shamanic Cults: California
 •Ceremonialism and Ecstasy: The Southwest
 expand sectionChapter Thirteen—  Mesoamerica and South America
 expand sectionChapter Fourteen—  Eastern North America and the Great Plains

 collapse sectionPART SIX—  THE THEORY OF THE QUEST  SOME CLOSING CONSIDERATIONS
 •Chapter Fifteen—  A Ternary Process
 •Chapter Sixteen—  The Reality of Transcendence

 expand sectionBIBLIOGRAPHY
 expand sectionINDEX
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