CONTENTS

PART FIRST
ChapterPage
I.A Religious Procession in Tarsus[1]
II.An Evening Excursion on the Cydnus[8]
III.In the Toils[17]
IV.The Net is Rent[23]
V.Two University Students[32]
VI.To the Tower of Antonia[40]
VII.A Tarsian Festival to Apollo[47]
VIII.The Mysteries of the Adytum[56]
IX.Soliloquy of Gamaliel’s Daughter[68]
X.Magic and Mystery: Strange Visions[79]
XI.Important Messages[92]
XII.Serenus makes an Avowal[102]
XIII.The Walls have Ears[111]
XIV.Love versus Duty[121]
XV.The Rescue of Rebecca[133]
XVI.After the Storm[146]
XVII.A Roman Parade[161]
XVIII.Amabel’s Remarkable Experience[177]
XIX.Surrounded by Prison Walls[195]
XX.Sowing and Reaping[211]
XXI.The Great Harvest[228]
PART SECOND
THE LIGHT SPREADS TO THE WESTWARD
XXII.Sunshine and Shadow[245]
XXIII.A Battered Eagle[260]
XXIV.On the Verge of the Unseen[280]
XXV.A Psychical Journey[299]
XXVI.A Powerful Pulse Stirred[312]
XXVII.A Message from Stephanos[330]
XXVIII.Leander visits a Mystic Shrine[348]
XXIX.Changes of Soul-color[368]
XXX.A Paradise Discovered[381]
XXXI.In Deep Waters[399]
XXXII.Scourging and Flight[412]
XXXIII.A Priestess of the Tarsian Temple[422]
XXXIV.Once More Upon the Cydnus[430]
PART THIRD
AFTER THE FLIGHT OF TWENTY YEARS
XXXV.The Bay of Puteoli[441]
XXXVI.Nocturnal Interview with a Seer[449]
XXXVII.Two Woeful Souls Released[463]
PART FOURTH
SAULUS IN ROME
XXXVIII.Awaiting Trial Before Nero[481]
XXXIX.Antipodes Brought Face to Face[492]
XL.The Visible Form Laid Aside[500]

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VICTOR SERENUS

A STORY OF THE PAULINE ERA

PART FIRST

CHAPTER I
A RELIGIOUS PROCESSION IN TARSUS