Topics covered include: Introduction: Ego and Its ShadowI. BEATITUDE THROUGH SIN1. The Origins: Biopsychology of Birth2. Myths3. Quest for Nonbeing4. To Break the Covenant is to Confirm itII. ASSERTION BY NEGATION5. Paradise Lost6. Ontological Loneliness7. Assault on Cognition8. Waiver of SanityIII. REJECTION OF AUTHORITY9. Petrified Ego10. Rites of Passage11. Solidarity and Beyond12. Impossibility of Dialogue13. The Stare of Medusa