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  • CHAPTERS
  1. The Aim of Life
  2. The Conflicts of Existence
  3. Philosophies of Political Science
  4. The Political Structure
  5. Spirituality and Political Life
  6. The Philosophy of Government
  7. Law
  8. Sociology
  9. The Economics of Living
  10. On National Integration
  11. Physics
  12. Relativity
  13. Chemistry
  14. Biology
  15. Psychology
  16. Mind
  17. Psychoanalysis
  18. On Psychoanalysis and Spiritual Living
  19. Aesthetics
  20. Beauty
  21. The Principle of Bipolarity
  22. Axiology
  23. The Classes of Society
  24. The Stages of Life
  25. Philosophy
  26. Epistemology
  27. Religion and Theology
  28. The Divine Incarnation
  29. Krishna
  30. to 31. The Gospel of The Buddha
  1. The Teachings of Christ
  2. The Guru
  3. The Meaning of Ritual
  4. The Four Stages of the Descent
  5. Dharma
  6. Character
  7. Ahimsa
  8. The Yoga Way of Life
  9. Stages in Yoga Practice
  10. Sadhana
  11. The Law of the Universe
  12. "Other" People and "Other" Things
  13. Karma-Yoga
  14. The Yoga of Action
  15. The Spirit of the Bhagavadgita
  16. The Essence of the Vedas, Upanishads and the Bhagavadgita
  17. Bhakti, or Love of God
  18. Mysticism
  19. Tantra-Sadhna
  20. The Great Shakti
  21. God, The Almighty
  22. Virat
  23. Hiranyagarbha
  24. Ishvara
  25. Brahman
  26. Bereavement
  27. Eschatology
  28. Moksha
  29. On Education
  30. On World Peace
  31. A Vision of Perfection
  32. to 68. The Tribal
  1. to 71. On Life Eternal
  1. The Great Grandeur
  2. to 82. The Divine Hunter
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Interior Pilgrimage

by Swami Krishnananda

35: The Four Stages of the Descent

The Four Stages of Descent