Contents

CHAPTER

PAGE

I.

GREECE IN THE SIXTH CENTURY

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II.

YEARS OF TRAVEL

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III.

THE TEMPLE OF DELPHI

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The Science of Apollo—Theory of Divination—the Pythoness Theoclea.

IV.

THE ORDER AND THE DOCTRINE

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The Test—First Degree: Preparation—Second Degree: Purification—Third Degree: Perfection—Fourth Degree: Epiphany.

V.

MARRIAGE OF PYTHAGORAS—REVOLUTION AT CROTON—THE MASTER'S END—THE SCHOOL AND ITS DESTINY

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