附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-240) and index.
Introduction -- I. Biography ; 1. An anarchist of perception ; 2. Daumal and renunciation: The imbecility of individualism ; 3. Drug experimentation: Asphyxia and absurd evidence -- II. The pataphysical pursuits ; 4. Surrealism and le grand jeu: Living on the paraphysical edge ; 5. The avant-garde and party politics: Marginal marxism -- III. Eastern studies ; 6. The influence of Hindu thought: Renunciation and transformation ; 7. Daumal in the Labyrinth of Pathways: The influence of Rene Guenon ; 8. Daumal and Hindu poetics: The Rasa of the word -- IV. Gurdjieff and the de Salzmanns ; 9. Daumal with Gurdjieff and the de Salzmanns: Finding the path -- V. Main works ; 10. The poetry of le Contre Ciel: Death and her consort ; 11. La Grande Beuverie: A night of drunken delusions ; 12. Mount analogue: Non-euclidian mountain climbing -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
