Contents

Introduction

pp.

vii–xxiii

Author's preface

pp.

1–9

Chap. I. On Symbols Common to Different Races

pp.

11–31

Chap. II. On the Gammadion or Swastika

pp.

32–83

Chap. III. On the Causes of Alteration in the Meaning and Form of Symbols

pp.

84–117

Chap. IV. Symbolism and Mythology of the Tree

pp.

118–176

Chap. V. On the Transmutation of Symbols

pp.

177–203

Chap. VI. On the Winged Globe, the Caduceus, and the Trisula

pp.

204–269

Addenda

pp.

270–272

Index

pp.

273–277

Plate I.

Apollo and the Gammadion

Frontispiece

Plate II.

to face p.

60

Plate III.

Table Illustrating the Migration of the Gammadion

to face p.

80

Plate IV.

to face p.

123

Plate V.

to face p.

129

Plate VI.

Migrations of the Eastern Type of the Sacred Tree

to face p.

161