Chapter I Chastity and Sexual Morality - 1 Introductory, 2 The sexual impulse of the savage, 3 Sexual periodicity, 4 The natural sexual life and its control, 5 Chastity between puberty and marriage, 6 The preference for virginity, 7 Wifely chastity, 8 Continence as instinctive chastity, 9 Chastity to-day, 10 Biological and psychological conclusions, Chapter II Sketch of the Forms of Love: with special reference to America - i Sexual love - 1 Development of conjugal love, 2 Development os sexual love, 3 Social habits, (a) restrictions on love, (b) The law of parity, (c) Seasonal love, 4 Homosexual love, ii Non-sexual love - 1 Parental love, 2 Filial love, 3 Fraternal and social love, iii Love-Gods, iv A note on love among the American Indians, Chapter III A Note on Obscenity and the Orgy - 1 Obscenity, 2 The Orgy, Chapter IV The Nature and History of the Kiss - 1 General description, 2 Forms of the kiss, 3 Social history, 4 Social and religious usages, 5 The kiss of peace, 6 Death by kissing, 7 Kissing sacred objects, 8 Metaphor and myth, Chapter V Birthdays and the Day of Birth - 1 The day of birth, 2 The birthday anniversary, Chapter VI Faeticide, Chapter VII Life and Death: with special reference to America - 1 The nature of life, 2 The life of nature, 3 Regard for life, 4 The life deposit, 5 Life magic, 6 Renewal of life, 7 The nature of death, 8 Mythological and ethical applications, 9 A note on life and death among American Indians, Chapter VIII The Practice and Psychology of Anointing: with special reference to the Hindus - 1 Introductory: Hygiene and Esthetics, 2 The magical religious sphere, 3 The anointing of the dead, 4 Ceremonial anointing and the removal of taboo, 5 Consecration, (a) Birth, (b) Puberty, (c) Marriage, (d) Before worship, (e) The consecration of priests, (f) The anointing of kings, 6 The anointing of sacrifice and offering, 7 Hindu anointing and consecration, Chapter IX The Oath, The Curse and the Blessing - i The curse and the blessing -1 Introductory, 2 General character, 3 Special applications, 4 Conditional cursing and blessing, 5 The blessing and the curse as its invocations, 6 Connexion with morality, ii The oath - 1 Early forms, 2 The embodied oath, 3 Psychology of the oath, 4 The oath and the god, 5 Various rituals, 6 Penalty of false oath, 7 Applications of the oath, 8 Prohibition of the oath, Index.