Preface to the Revised Edition vii
Introduction 1

1. The Life and Times of Apuleius 7
2. The Two Companions and the Tale of Aristomenes 19
3. Lucius Meets Byrrhena, Photis, and Goatskins 33
4. The Ass 53
5. Amor and Psyche I 77
6. Amor and Psyche II 103
7. Psyche's Tasks 123
8. Charite, Tiepolemus, and the Chthonic Shadow 139
9. The Ass in the Service of Many Masters 157
10. Lucius Returns to Himself 171
11. The Goddess Isis 187
12. Matter and the Feminine 211

Notes 231
Bibliography 241