I n t r o d u c t i o n
vii
Gravity and Grace
1
Void and Compensation
5
To Accept the Void
10
Detachment
12
Imagination Which Fills the Void
16
Renunciation of Time
19
To Desire Without an Object
22
The Self
26
Decreation
32
Self-Effacement
40
Necessity and Obedience
43
Illusions
51
Idolatry
60
Love
62
Evil
69
Affliction
80
c o n t e n t s
vi
Violence
85
The Cross
87
Balance and Lever
92
The Impossible
94
Contradiction
98
The Distance Between the Necessary and
the Good
104
Chance
107
He Whom We Must Love is Absent
109
Atheism as a Purification
114
Attention and Will
116
Training
123
Intelligence and Grace
128
Readings
134
The Ring of Gyges
137
Meaning of the Universe
140
Metaxu
145
Beauty
148
Algebra
152
The Social Imprint
155
Israel
159
The Great Beast
164
Social Harmony
170
The Mysticism of Work
178
P o s t s c r i p t , F i f t y Y e a r s L a t e r
182