Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The Nature of the Problem -- Part One -- The Spirit of Nature -- Chapter 1. The Gods of Nature -- Chapter 2. Nature: To Dominate or to Nurture It? -- Chapter 3. The Lore of the Oak -- Chapter 4. Tree Spirits, Tree Dwellers and The Cosmic Tree -- Tree and Forest Spirits -- Cosmic Trees -- Chapter 5. The Folklore of Trees -- The Trees of the Ogham -- The Alder -- The Ash -- The Birch -- The Dwarf Elder -- The Elder -- The Hawthorn -- The Hazel -- The Holly -- The Rowan -- The Silver Fir -- The White Poplar -- The Willow -- The Yew -- Other Sacred Trees -- The Laurel -- Chapter 6. Sacred Groves -- Holy Groves of the Ancient World -- Contemporary Sacred Groves -- Chapter 7. May Day: The Festival of the Trees -- Part Two -- The Green Man -- Chapter 8. The Archetype -- Chapter 9. The Green Gods -- Osiris: Egyptian God of Vegetation, Death & Rebirth -- Serapis -- Dionysus -- The Great God Pan: God of the Pasture and Country Life -- Adonis, Attis and Tammuz: Gods of Vegetation -- John Barleycorn and Jack-In-The-Green -- Hun Hunahpu and the Gods of Mesoamerica -- Asherah -- Chapter 10. The Origins of the Green Man -- Gods of Vegetation -- Chapter 11. St. George: Christian Dragon Slayer or Pagan Green Man? -- Chapter 12. The Green Man in Myth -- The Significance of Green -- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- Robin Hood, Christianized Green Man? -- The Green Man of Fingest -- The Islamic Legend of Khidr -- The Green Man of Hughenden -- Green Children -- Green Women of the Woods -- The Wild Man -- Little Green Men -- Chapter 13. A Discussion of the Validity of The Green Man Myth -- Chapter 14. The Green Man and The Church -- Chapter 15. The Secular Image of the Green Man -- England, Ireland and Wales -- The Green Man in America -- The Green Man in Manhattan -- California and Oregon's Green Men.

The Green Men of Iowa -- The Green Man Elsewhere -- Chapter 16. What's in a Name? The Origins of the Term "Green Man" -- Afterword -- Appendix A -- An Analysis of the Elements in the Green Man Motif -- Vines -- Leaves -- Horns -- Face Types -- Appendix B: Timeline of the Green Man Motif -- About the Author -- Bibliography -- Index.