Prologue: On Finitude and Infinity 1(4)
Introduction: The Nature of Immortality 5(20)
Part 1 Belief
1 We Bereave, We Believe
25(8)
2 Journey into Remoteness
33(15)
3 The Valley of Astonishment
48(10)
4 Lessons of the Teachings
58(5)
5 To Sea and Hear
63(18)
6 Beneath the Gaze of Eternity
81(17)
7 Technical Interlude: Writ in Water
98(10)
8 The Magical Fountain
108(6)
9 Letters upon Letters: Dividing the Invisible
114(11)
10 Almost Real
125(23)
11 Let's Run into the Waves and Spring Back to Life
148(17)
Part 2 Magic
12 Mystifier
165(13)
13 Escapology
178(6)
14 The Sorcerer's Lair
184(15)
15 Sleights of Mind
199(13)
16 Technical Interlude: Magick, Eros, Symbolism
212(11)
17 Transmuting Magic into Science
223(14)
Part 3 Science
18 Mercurial Times
237(11)
19 Preservation's Particulars: Longevity and Longing
248(22)
20 Biological Calculus
270(11)
21 It Was the Future
281(19)
22 Refrigerator Heaven
300(17)
23 Secret Santa Barbara
317(20)
24 The Harvard Symposium
337(14)
Conclusion: If________Is Possible 351(24)
Epilogue: Springs Eternal 375(5)
Acknowledgments 380(2)
Sources 382(7)
Index 389