CONTENTS: Preface by Rana PB Singh, References, 1. Banaras: The Still-life of the World, 1.1. The Layer, 1`.2. The Album, 1.3. The Words and the Bricks, 1.4. The Smoke, 1.5. The Interstice, 1.6. The Crumbs, 1.7. The Ghosts, 1.8. The Breath and the Drop, 1.9. The Chart, 2. The Journey to Banaras, 2.1. Siva's distinguishing feature, 2.2. City of the Egg. City of the Skull, 2.3. A City at the Limit, 2.4. Banaras' Panorama, 2.5. Illustrated Postcards: Those who Visited Banaras, 2.6. Calculating the Exact Position orf Banaras, 2.7. A Flower of a City, 2.8. The Maps: The Journey of those who Visited Banaras Without Seeing it. 2.9. Carl Gustav Jung and the Little Man in the Beaker, 2.10. Guido Gossano and the Atlas, 2.11. Robert Walser and the Bleistiftgebiet (The Pencil Zone), 2.12. Costantin Brancusi and Le temple de la delivrance, 2.13. Aleksandr Skrjabin and the Mysterium, 2.14. Rene Guenon and the Ellipsoidal Stone, 2.15. Between Illustrated Polstcards and Maps: The Conditions of the Contemporary Journey, 2.16. About the Residue, 2.17. The Boxer's Face, 2.18. The Inside of a Head Out of itself, 2.19. Europa in Trummern. The World Ruined, 2.20. City of Banaras Through the Sea, 2.21. Banaras mon amour, The Journey at a time of Darkness, 2.22. About the Residue: Fragments and Shadings, 2.23. The Journey to Banaras, 3. The Chart of the World, the Map of Banaras, 3.1. On the Yangzte River Bank, 3.2. Drawing-board Calculations, 4. On the City's Doorstep: The Ganga Mahal Ghat, Index, Acknowledgments.