The Light & the Dark
Manual, or list of subjects
The Manual is designed for those readers who do not want to read the whole work, but, instead, want to see what is said in it about the subject(s) they are interested in. The subjects are ordered around the following subjects:

I - On dualism as such
dualism Vol. I, Preface
Vol. VI, Preface
Vol. IX, Preface
Vol. IV, Ch. IV.§ 4
Vol. XV, Ch. I
II - Periods and civilizations
Greece Vol. I Archaic and early classical periods
Vol. II and III Fifth and fourth centuries B.C.
Vol. VI The Hellenistic world
Egypt Vol. IV, Ch. I
Mesopotamia and Anatolia Vol. IV, Ch. II
Israel Vol. IV, Ch. II
Iran Vol. IV, Ch. IV; Vol. V, Ch. I
India Vol. V, Ch. II
China Vol. V, Ch. III
Roman history Vols. X, XI;
Vol. XII, Ch. I
Vol. XIII
The Byzantine Empire until 638 Vol. XV, Chs. I-VI
The Byzantine Empire until 638-1453 Vol. XIX
The Islamic world until 732 Vol. XV, Chs. VII-XI
The Islamic World 732-1500 Vol. XVIII, Ch. I
III - Political history
Greece Vol. II
Vol. VI, Chs. I and II
Rome Vol. X
Vol. XI, Chs. I, II, III, IV
Egypt Vol. IV, Ch. I, §§ 1-4
Mesopotamia and Anatolia Vol. IV, Ch. III, §§ 1-9
Israel Vol. IV, Ch. II, § 14
Vol. VI, Ch. I, § 11
Iran Vol. IV, Ch. IV, §§ 1-3
Vol. V, Ch. I, §§ 1-3
India Vol. V, Ch. II, §§ 1-11
China Vol.V, Ch. III, §§ 1-5
Byzantine Empire Vol. XV, Chs. II-IV
Vol. XIX, Chs. I, II, III, IV
The Arab Empire Vol. XV, Ch. XI
The Merovingian Kingdoms Vol. XVI, Ch. I
The Carolingian Empire Vol. XVI, Ch. II
The Holy Roman Empire Vol. XVI, Chs, III and IV
Vol. XVII
The Turkish Empire Vol. XVIII, Ch. I
The Crusades Vol. XVIII, Chs. IV, V, VI
IV - Social history
Greece Vol. II, Ch. III, § 3
Vol. II, Ch. IV, § 4
India Vol. V, Ch. II, §§ 13-15
Since esoteric movements are socially distinct from the rest of the population, we may subsume these too under this heading.
The Pythagoreans Vol. I, Ch. I
Eleusinian mysteries and Orphics Vol. I, Ch. IV
Yoga Vol. V, Ch. II, § 21
Jainism Vol. V, Ch. II, § 22
Dao Vol. V, Ch. III, § 25
The Essenes Vol. VIII, Ch. V
Almost all Gnostic movements Vol. VII, Ch. III
Vols. VIII and IX
The subjected peoples of the Roman Empire Vol. XI, Ch. IV
The Greeks of the Roman Empire Vol. XI, Ch. VI
The Roman Empire and the Christian Church Vol. XII, Ch. I
Sexuality in the Graeco-Roman world Vol. XIV, Ch. III
Christianity and classical culture Vol. XIV, Ch. IV
Byzantine hooliganism Vol. XV, Ch. V
Arabia before Islam Vol. XV, Ch. VII
Muslims, Jews, and Christians in the Islamic world Vol. XV, Ch. IX
Vol. XVIII, Ch. III
The Jews during the Middle Ages Vol. XX, Ch. I, Part I
The women during the Middle Ages Vol. XX, Ch. I, Part II
V - History of religions
Pythagoreanism Vol. I, Ch. I
The Olympian religion Vol. I, Ch. IV, §§ 1-8
The Eleusianian mysteries Vol. I, Ch. IV, § 8
The cult of Dionysus Vol. I, Ch. IV, § 9
Orphism Vol. I, Ch. IV, § 10
Greek shamanism Vol. I, Ch. IV, § 11
Egyptian religion Vol. IV, Ch. I, §§ 5-7
The religion of Israel Vol. IV, Ch. II
Vol. VII, Ch. VI
Religions of the Middle East Vol. IV, Ch. III, § 10
Iranian religion Vol. IV, Ch. IV, §§ 4-12
Mazdakism Vol. V, Ch. I, Appendix
The New Testament Vol. VII, Ch. IV
The Essenes Vol. VII, Ch. V
Hermetism Vol. VIII, Ch. II
The Veda Vol. V, Ch. II, § 17
Brahmanism Vol. V, Ch. II, §§ 18-19
Hinduism Vol. V, Ch. II, § 20
Yoga Vol. V, Ch. II, § 21
Jainism Vol. V, Ch. II, § 22
Buddhism Vol. V, Ch. II, § 23
Confucianism Vol. V, Ch. III, §§ 16-21 and 23-24
Mohism Vol. V, Ch. III, § 22
Daoism Vol. V, Ch. III, § 25
The Gnosis Vol. VI, Ch. IV
Vol. VII, Chs. I-III
Vol. VIII, Chs. III-IX
Vol. IX
The religions of Late Antiquity Vol. XIV, Ch. II
The Christian Church and the Jews Vol. XII, Ch. II
The Christian Church and Judaizing Vol. XII, Ch. III
Christian theology in the first centuries Vol. XIII
Religious dissensions in the Byzantine Empire until 638 Vol. XV, Ch. VI
Mohammed Vol. XV, Ch. VII
Islam as a religion Vol. XV, Ch. IX
Vol. XVIII, Ch. II
Byzantium and the West Vol. XIX, Ch. V
European mythology Vol. XX, Ch. II
The Messalians Vol. XX, Ch. III, Part I
The Paulicians Vol. XX, Ch. III. Part II
The Bogomils Vol. XX, Ch. III, Part III
Dissident and heretical movements in Lombardia Vol. XX, Ch. IV
Catharism Vol. XX, Chs. V and VI
VI - Philosophy
Pythagoreanism Vol. I, Ch. I
Ionic and Eleatic philosophy Vol. I, Ch. II
Sophists and Socrates Vol. III, Ch. II
Plato aand Aristoteles Vol. III, Ch. III
Hellenistic philosophy Vol. VI, Ch. III
Indian philosophy Vol. V, Ch. II, § 16
Chinese philosophy Vol. V, Ch. III, § 15
The philosophy of Philo Vol. VIII, Ch. I
VII - Literature
Greek episcs and lyrics Vol. I, Ch. III
Greek tragedy and comedy Vol. III, Ch. I
VIII - Historiography
Greek historiography Vol. III, Ch. III, § 1
Old Testament Vol. IV, Ch. II, §§ 1-6
New Testament Vol. VII, Ch. IV, §§ 1-2
Ibn Khaldun Vol. XVII Preface