CONTENTS

Editorial Note XIII
Preface 1
1 Infinity and Possibility 7
2 Possibles and Compossibles 13
3 Being and Non-Being 20
4 Foundation of the Theory of the Multiple States 26
5 Relationships of Unity and Multiplicity 31
6 Analogous Considerations drawn from the Study of the Dream State 35
7 The Possibilities of Individual Consciousness 41
8 Mentality as the Characteristic Element of Human Individuality 47
9 The Hierarchy of Individual Faculties 53
10 The Limits of the Indefinite 57
11 Principles of Distinction between the States of Being 61
12 The Two Chaoses 66
13 The Spiritual Hierarchies 69
14 Reply to Objections drawn from the Plurality of Beings 74
15 The Realization of the Being through Knowledge 77
16 Knowledge and Consciousness 81
17 Necessity and Contingency 86
18 The Metaphysical Notion of Freedom 90
Index 97