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This book is an ambitious treatise on the Faust myth, and the interpretation it has received in Goethe's Faust. The author proposes that the true origins of the Faust legend can be traced not to the story of a character who sells his soul to the devil, but instead to the much older figure of the magus, who sought to gain forbidden knowledge and supernatural powers through alchemy, magic, and theurgy. The author examines the history and development of this tradition, from its origins in Neo-Platonism and the Cabala to its re-emergence in the Protestant era. The book traces the influence of alchemical and theosophical ideas on the development of Goethe's early work. This book is a major contribution to the study of Faust, and indeed of Goethe, that shatters long-established assumptions about the origins and significance of Goethe's great drama. It will be of great interest to students of Goethe and the history of ideas generally, as well as to those interested in the history of alchemy and theosophy.
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