The Created Self Book

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I: CREATING A BODY

Trying on Faces

Painting, Tattooing, and Piercing

Surgically Extending the Body

Creating Another Body

PART II: CREATING A PERSONA

The Connected Self

The Unitary Self

The Interpreting Self

The Contracting and Expanding Self

The Empathizing Self

Wanting to Be Another Self

Creating Another Self

PART III: CREATING A SPIRIT

Believing in Spirit

Pursuing Purpose

Finding the Sacred

Questing for Spirit

Building a Faith

Creating an Afterself

Conclusion: Directions of Self

Notes

References

Index