chapter 23 : an early sermonsetting the wheel in motion chapter 24 : reunion with the sisters chapter 25 : like a fairytale chapter 26 : desire considered chapter 27 : one day many years later chapter 28 : death of the buddhathe end of the story afterword immanuel velikovskys hypothesis : venus as a comet julian jaynes book : the origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind the aryan question l.a. waddells aryan theory the archaic revival and the return of the goddess zecharia sitchins annunaki hypothesis rudolph steiners reading of indian history postlude : part one postlude : part two acknowledgements p r e l u d e absorbed in that v e n e t i a n g l o w golden a n d warm , everything perfectly natural , s o l i d a n d convincingly real , structurally , in combination with light , color led ( cascading melodically ) to harmonious , moving rhythms/ s w e e p i n g dynamics ; fluid patterns of dramatic contrast .