In the Center of the Fire: A Memoir of the Occult 1966-1989

337 Pages·2012·43.88 MB·English

by  James Wasserman

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HARYRS MITH
CoNTENTS
Introduction 9
PAROTN EI:69 6T OI 973
1:A ntiCooclhl eagnetd h Weo rlodf Stphie rit I5
2:O nt hReo ad 28
3:O nt hMee nd 32
4:P ortlaantndhd "e Ab beoyfT hemla"e 37
5:On tRhoea Adg ian 47
PARTTw o: 97I3T oI 977
6:N ewY orCki tayn Wde isseB ro'okstore 57
7:W eisPeurb liasnhTdi hnCego mmeanirteosfA L 64
8:M eetMianrgc Meoltot ian Brazil 74
9:C aloirfnainad GMrcaMduyr try 90
10H: arry aSnmtdih tGeha mCeh nages I I 2
PARTTHR EEI:9 7T7O I 997
11:T heE arDlayy osfS tud31i o I 2 5
12T: heT reoefL ifaen Tdh Eeg ytpiBaono okft e hD ead 104
PARFTo uRI9:97 T OI 989
13:T heN ewY orOk. .TO. I49
14T: heF oundainnEdga rYleayr osfT AHUTI I5 7
15T: hCeo nsttiiotCnuoanlfl iacntds F tihrMeso ttt aT rialI 79
16T: heS aFnr ancLiaswcsou it 205
17G: rasdD ye'aatnhd BBeiclolmC easl iph 2I2
18:G urnseD ye'aht 224
Epoiglu:e TBheeaG to eOsn 239
APPNEDICES
Analbyysa iM sa setr tohTfee m pl(eJ acko nPsa)r s 241
TheCa laitpLehe ttaenrTdsra nscriptions 246
TheF ollwoeLre tatneTdrr nascription 252
1979I niPtrioaplof osrTa AlHU TEIn campment 255
1979A nI nvoctaott ihMoean s etrosf Ot.heT. O. 260
1981T AHUTLIo degS tatement 261
1981T AHUTLIo deTg emplGeu idelines 266
1981B eltRainteu al 267
1981A pplicfoartt hiGeou ni olfDd r amaan Tdh aumuragty2 70
1985C aliEplheo cnAt ninocuenment 272
1985T heT hrTeriea dosft hOe. .TO. 275
1989R ichGaerrodn nI:nM emoriam 278
198T9 heleMmiidcdP liel alsaaG rr ouRpi tual 281
LibOezr LvXeXlV II 286
Glossary 287
Acknodwgleements 298
Index 300
ContIancoftr mation 309
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INTRODUCTION
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