Faust the Theologian - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Faust the Theologian [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Jaroslav Pelikan This book is really just a long essay on the theological characterization in Goethe’s Faust. It’s not what I’d call an exciting read. Author Jaroslav Pelikan, a noted historian of religion, avers to have read Faust annually for his entire adult life, and […]
Fabulous Harbours - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Fabulous Harbours [Amazon, Abebooks, Local Library] by Michael Moorcock The second volume of the Second Ether trilogy turns out not to be a novel, but rather a raft of previously published short fiction tied together with Moorcock’s various hyperwork conceits. These mostly operate through the Begg family, chiefly Edwin […]
As the Green Star Rises - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews As the Green Star Rises [Amazon, Abebooks, Local Library] by Lin Carter, DAW cover and illo by Roy Krenkel, illo Michael Kaluta, part of the Green Star series. The fourth Green Star book was much like the third, continuing the plots begun in the sky city and the forest […]
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