Cover -- Prologue -- Dying for change -- No good deed goes unpunished -- The departure -- Truth is stranger than fiction -- Lifting the veil -- The dark side -- Stepping out the bubble -- The flame of courage -- The Temple of the Way of Light -- A man of vision -- The School of the Black Puma, Green Dragon -- My destiny in a pocket -- The ayahuasca blues -- Even better than work -- Terror attacks in America! -- The future's not set -- One night in Shanghai -- The eye of the storm -- Yin and Yang -- The compassionate Buddha guy speaks -- Rescue 911 -- Che's babe -- The triangle of life -- Route 48 -- Five doctors from five planets -- Send in the clowns -- A slight change of plan -- The compassionate Buddha guy takes a break -- The fable of the bushmaster -- Rumble in the jungle -- Things fall together -- The 33rd maestro -- Shakedown Street -- Thwarted at every turn -- If it's Thursday this must be Venezuela -- Hit the road, Jack -- Enter the warrior -- Let the ceremony begin -- Inside a bamboo grove -- Fire in the lake -- A hummingbird in Bolivar Plaza -- A star without equal -- The Dragon's Veins -- The Demon of the White Bones -- The final ritual -- Crash-landing -- After the fall -- One more time -- Gone fishin' -- Time to split -- The maestro of maestros -- Ride it on baby -- Back to the beginning -- Gorilla warfare -- The secret garden -- An inelegant departure -- Bibliography -- Back Cover.