The first step: growing up -- Consciousness and the problem of pain -- Blame and forgiveness -- The issue of death and meaning -- The taste for mystery -- The next step: knowing your self -- Self-love versus self-esteem -- Mythology and human nature -- Spirituality and human nature -- Addiction: the sacred disease -- The ultimate step: in search of a personal God -- The role of religion in spiritual growth -- Matter and spirit -- New age: symboline or diaboline? -- Sexuality and spirituality -- Epilogue: psychiatry's predicament.
