The blood of the poet: 1934-1952 -- Return to New York: from Ezra Pound to the I Ching, 1953-1960 -- Tell all the gods we're turning back to find them: from dinners and nightmares to Paracelsus, alchemy and tarot, 1961-1967 -- The Age of Aquarius and the wolf: revolutionary letters, Monas Hieroglyphica, Loba, 1968-1979 -- The hidden religions, H.D., angels and Tibetan Buddhism, 1980-1992 -- Speech of the heart: Poet Laureate of San Francisco, 1993 to the present.