Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-486) and index
LIfe in the desert -- New York and New Mexico -- Two parallel paths (I) -- Two parallel paths (II) -- On holy ground -- Pretense and pretext: studies in India -- A well-trodden path : studies in Darjeeling and Sikkim -- Tibet, tantrikas, and the hero of Chaksam Ferry -- "The clipper ship of the imagination" -- Yoga on Fifth Avenue -- Tibetland and the penthouse of the gods -- To climb the highest mountains -- The aftermath -- Postscript: the view from Ki , sixty years later
