| Foreword | 9 |
| Preface | 14 |
| Part 1 | Mysterious Voices | |
| Chapter 1 | An Excitable Young Lady From Greece | 18 |
| Chapter 2 | Stern Warnings | 26 |
| Chapter 3 | First Contact | 33 |
| Chapter 4 | Guides Will Assist You | 45 |
| Chapter 5 | A Cast of Characters | 57 |
| Chapter 6 | 'I Can See in Your Mind' | 69 |
| Part 2 | The Channeling Saga | |
| Chapter 7 | A Sense of Presence--The Long Tradition | 82 |
| Chapter 8 | Guides, Channels and the New Age | 99 |
| Part 3 | Sleuthing Far From Home | |
| Chapter 9 | Ernest the Elusive | 112 |
| Chapter 10 | An Exercise in Reincarnation | 129 |
| Chapter 11 | The Changing of the Guard | 145 |
| Chapter 12 | A Surfeit of Spooks | 153 |
| Chapter 13 | Can We Trust You, Dr. Pinkerton? | 167 |
| Chapter 14 | Dressing for Yesterday | 184 |
| Chapter 15 | Misadventure | 200 |
| Part 4 | Reappraisal | |
| Chapter 16 | Back to the Fold | 224 |
| Chapter 17 | One Man's Nightmare | 242 |
| Chapter 18 | Tales of the Serpent | 257 |
| Chapter 19 | The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts | 267 |
| Chapter 20 | The Challenge of Consciousness | 289 |
| Chapter 21 | Epilogue | 297 |
| Acknowledgments | 308 |
| Select Bibliography | 309 |