Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. GNOSTICISM AND GNOSIS -- PART ONE. IMAGE MOTIFS: THOMAS AND GNOSTICS -- III. LIGHT AND DARKNESS -- IV. THE CELESTIAL SEA -- V. HOUSE AND GARMENTS -- VI. SLEEP AND AWAKENING -- VII. THE MAIDEN SOUL -- PART TWO. FOUR LONG POEMS -- VIII. "POEM ON HIS BIRTHDAY" -- IX. "VISION AND PRAYER" -- X. "IN COUNTRY SLEEP" -- XI. "BALLAD OF THE LONG-LEGGED BAIT" -- XII. CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX