# Master Outline & Reading Path

*The living chapter list. Chapters get added/refined as material comes in. `[NEEDS YOUR INPUT]` = author to supply.*

## Reading Path (teaching order, for a newcomer)

Proposed sequence for teaching a child/descendant from zero. Reorder freely.

1. Front matter — letter to the reader.
2. Part II — Family Canon (who we are, why this exists).
3. Part I — Doctrine (what we believe).
4. Part IV — Practice & Devotion (how we live it).
5. Part V — Battle Manual (how we protect + fight).
6. Part III — Testimony (why it's real — read once mature).
7. Part VI — Reference (lifelong lookup).

`[NEEDS YOUR INPUT: confirm or adjust this order]`

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## Part I — Doctrine *(scriptural voice)*
- ch01 — `[NEEDS YOUR INPUT]` (e.g. The Divine / the True God)
- ch02 — Cosmology: the Pleroma, the Aeons
- ch03 — Sophia and the fall
- ch04 — The Demiurge and the material world
- ch05 — The human condition (spirit, soul, the divine spark)
- ch06 — New Testament tie-ins
- (more TBD from material)

## Part II — Family Canon *(warm + reverent)*
- **ch01 — Dedication** *(DONE — signed "Fazer," Phillip Tarrant)* — letter to the family / Sarah. Source: `input/dedication.md`.
- **ch02 — How Our Faith Came to Be** *(DRAFTED — pending review)* — the author's journey: mother's charge → Eastern paths/Ki → witchcraft & its price → turn to Christ → cracks in the Bible → age-43 deep dive → Gnosticism/Sethians/Sumerians → evidence-based framing. Source: `input/evolution.md`.
- ch03 — Lineage & why this book exists
- (more TBD)

## Part III — Testimony *(plain, first-person)*
- **ch01 — A Life Among Them** *(DRAFTED — author revised, ongoing)* — 15 chronological encounters, 1998 (age 18) → the hilltop house. Source: `input/first_demon.md`.
  1. Chip's Home · 2. The Levitating Couch · 3. Talking to Static (Legion) · 4. First Proof (camera) · 5. The Cleansing / conversion · 6. Three Taps at the Window · 7. The Scream · 8. Learning to Feel Them · 9. Ghost Hunters / plantation home · 10. Rock House — Giant on the Stairs · 11. Rock House — Ball of Light · 12. Rock House — Cold / Window / Femur · 13. Rock House — The Skeptic Gets Grabbed · 14. Bringing It Home · 15. The Quiet Years
- (further accounts → ch02+ as author supplies them)

**ch01 status:** all 15 accounts complete and author-reviewed. No open `[NEEDS YOUR INPUT]` markers remaining.

## Part IV — Practice & Devotion *(warm teaching)*
- ch01 — Daily practice
- ch02 — Weekly / seasonal observances
- ch03 — Prayers & rites
- ch04 — The calendar `[NEEDS YOUR INPUT: dates/feasts]`

## Part V — The Spiritual Battle Manual *(field manual)*
- ch01 — Discernment: recognizing the enemy
- ch02 — Protection & wards (baseline defense)
- ch03 — Battle plans (step-by-step engagement)
- ch04 — Rituals of cleansing / banishing
- ch05 — Aftercare & recovery
- (more TBD)

## Part VI — Reference *(terse)*
- Glossary (from GLOSSARY-MASTER.md)
- Entities & names index
- Quick-lookup tables (wards, signs, correspondences)