Discusses the subconscious mind, what it is, what it does to the body, and how it can be controlled and made use of by the intelligence. CHAPTER XIII. EXPLORING THE SUBCONSCIOUS 67 Discusses automatic writing, the analysis of dreams, and other methods by which a new universe of life has been brought to human knowledge. CHAPTER XIV. THE PROBLEM OF IMMORTALITY 74 Discusses the survival of personality from the moral point of view: that is, have we any claim upon life, entitling us to live forever? CHAPTER XV. THE EVIDENCE FOR SURVIVAL 81 Discusses the data of psychic research, and the proofs of spiritism thus put before us. CHAPTER XVI. THE POWERS OF THE MIND 91 Sets forth the fact that knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery, and what science means to the people. CHAPTER XVII. THE CONDUCT OF THE MIND 98 Concludes the Book of the Mind with a study of how to preserve and develop its powers for the protection of our lives and the lives of all men. PART TWO: THE BOOK OF THE BODY CHAPTER XVIII. THE UNITY OF THE BODY 105 Discusses the body as a whole, and shows that health is not a matter of many different organs and functions, but is one problem of one organism. CHAPTER XIX. EXPERIMENTS IN DIET 115 Narrates the author's adventures in search of health, and his conclusions as to what to eat. CHAPTER XX. ERRORS IN DIET 123 Discusses the different kinds of foods, and the part they play in the making of health and disease. CHAPTER XXI. DIET STANDARDS 134 Discusses various foods and their food values, the quantities we need, and their money cost. CHAPTER XXII. FOODS AND POISONS 145 Concludes the subject of diet, and discusses the effect upon the system of stimulants and narcotics. CHAPTER XXIII. MORE ABOUT HEALTH 156 Discusses the subjects of breathing and ventilation, clothing, bathing and sleep. CHAPTER XXIV. WORK AND PLAY 163 Deals with the question of exercise, both for the idle and the overworked. CHAPTER XXV. THE FASTING CURE 169 Deals with Nature's own remedy for disease, and how to make use of it. CHAPTER XXVI. BREAKING THE FAST 177 Discusses various methods of building up the body after a fast, especially the milk diet. CHAPTER XXVII. DISEASES AND CURES 182 Discusses some of the commoner human ailments, and what is known about their cause and cure. PART ONE THE BOOK OF THE MIND CHAPTER I THE NATURE OF LIFE