OBORTZI
XI. THE MOLOKANES
XII. THE STOUNDISTS
XIII. THE MERCHANTS OF PARADISE
XIV. THE JUMPERS AND THE HOLY BROTHERS
XV. THE LITTLE GODS
XVI. THE FOLLOWERS OF GRIGORIEFF
XVII. THE NAPOLEONITES
XVIII. THE DIVINE MEN
XIX. THE RELIGION OF RASPUTIN
XX. THE INSPIRED SEERS
XXI. THE RELIGION OF SISTER HELEN
XXII. THE SELF-MUTILATORS

B. THE NON-SECTARIAN VISIONARIES

I. THE BROTHERS OF DEATH
II. THE DIVINITY OF FATHER IVAN
III. AMONG THE MIRACLE-WORKERS

C. THE RISING FLOOD

I. THE MAHOMETAN VISIONARIES
II. THE RELIGION OP THE POLAR MARSEILLAIS
III. THE RELIGION OF THE GREAT CANDLE
IV. THE NEW ISRAEL
V. CONCLUSION

PART II

THE SALVATION OF THE WEALTHY

A. RELIGION AND ECONOMY

I. THE MORMONS, OR LATTER-DAY SAINTS
II. THE RELIGION OF BUSINESS
III. THE ADEPTS OF THE SUN OF SUNS

B. RELIGION AND MIRACLES

I. THE CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS
II. SCHLATTER, THE MIRACLE-MAN

PART III

THE DEPTHS OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

I. SECTS IN FRANCE AND ELSEWHERE
II. THE RELIGION OF MURDER
III. THE REINCARNATIONISTS' PARADISE
CONCLUSION

MODERN SAINTS AND SEERS

PART I

THE SALVATION OF THE POOR

A. THE ORGANISED SECTS

The tragic death of the monk Rasputin made a deep impression upon the
civilised world, and truth was lost to view amid the innumerable legends
that grew up around his life and activities. One leading question
dominated all discussions:--How could an individual so lacking in
refinement and culture influence the life of a great nation, and become
in indirect fashion one of the main factors in the struggle against the
Central Powers? Through what miracle did he succeed in making any
impression upon the thought and conduct of a social order infinitely
superior to himself?

Psychologists are fascinated by the career of this adventurer who
ploughed so deep a furrow in the field of European history; but in
seeking to detach the monk from his background, we run the risk of
entirely failing to comprehend the mystery of his influence, itself the
product of a complex and little understood environment. The misery of
the Russian people, combined with their lack of education, contributed
largely towards it, for the desire to escape from material suffering
drove them to adopt the weirdest systems of salvation for the sake of
deliverance and forgetfulness.