Foreword by Thomas Moore xi
Acknowledgments xv

1. THROUGH THE EYES OF ANGELS
A new way of looking 3
A silver Mercedes convertible 15
"Not I, not I" 27
Seeing connections 32
Things to do 38

2. INTIMATE RITES
Early memories of ensouled things 45
Domestic spirits 51
Shrine-making 58
Things to do 87

3. THE CREATIVE SPIRIT
Angels fly out from everything 95
"Every instant in a new cloak" 110
Presence 116
Creating with the world 134
Things to do 151

4. TOPSY-TURVY
Inverted perspectives 163
The church and the museum 169
Love thy demons as thyself 175
Angels of the wound 184
Things to do 195

5. EXALTATION BEFORE THINGS
Images of the beloved 203
Soulful materialism 215
The enticements of water 228
Dreams 235
The image is the fulfillment of the soul's desire 253
Things to do 261

Notes 267
Index 279