an
      evil
      sorcerer?
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      .
      a
     
     
      written
      by
      Chris
      McCarron
     
     
      The
      landlord
      of
      the
      Lion’s
      Inn
      knocked
      on
      the
      door.
     
     
      The
      frightened
      man
      finally
      unlocked
      the
      door
      and
     
     
      there
      amid
      the
      broken
      furniture
      was
      the
      body
      of
      the
     
     
      much
      feared
      sorcerer,
      Faust.
      Faust’s
      body
      was
      muti-
     
     
      lated
      and
      twisted
      about
      in
      unnatural
      ways.
      In
     
     
      Wurttemberg,
      Germany
      the
      townspeople
      wrote
      down
     
     
      their
      belief
      of
      the
      mystery
      behind
      the
      death.
      Ona
     
     
      plaque
      at
      the
      Lion’s
      Inn
      reads
      “‘One
      of
      the
      most
     
     
      powerful
      devils,
      Mephistopheles,
      whom
      he
      had
      called
     
     
      brother-in-law
      during
      his
      lifetime,
      had
      broken
      his
     
     
      neck,
      as
      the
      pact
      had
      expired
      after
      24
      years,
      and
     
     
      delivered
      his
      soul
      to
      external
      damnation.’’
      This
     
     
      murder
      occurred
      around
      1540.
      Historians
      disagree
     
     
      about
      much
      when
      discussing
      Faust,
      but
      most
      agree
     
     
      that
      Faust
      had
      been
      famous
      for
      years
      as
      being
      eithera
     
     
      quack
      or
      an
      evil
      sorcerer.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Johann
      Gast,
      a
      Protestant
      Pastor
      said
      that
      the
      dog
      and
     
     
      horse
      Faust
      owned
      were
      actually
      evil
      spirits
      who
     
     
      along
      with
      Faust
      were
      part
      ofa
      contract
      with
      Satan.
     
     
      On
      the
      other
      hand
      was
      Trithemius,
      who
      also
      dabbled
     
     
      _in
      magic,
      who
      called
      the
      infamous
      Faust
      nothing
      more
     
     
      _thana
      fool
      who
      should
      be
      horsewhipped.
      Johann
     
     
      Faust
      graduated
      from
      Hiedelberg
      University
      in
      1509.
     
     
      He
      soon
      became
      known
      as
      an
      astrologerandnecro-
      _
     
     
      _mancer,
      one
      who
      communicated
      with
      the
      dead.
      Fora
     
     
      short
      time
      Faust
      was
      schoolmaster
      ata
      boy’s
      boarding
     
     
      school
      in
      Nurenberg,
      but
      in
      1532
      he
      was
      fired
      and
     
     
      ;
      exiled
      from
      the
      city
      ‘*for
      corrupting
      the
      morals
      of
      his
     
    

    
     
      “young
      students.’’
      Faust
      was
      happy
      to
      boast
      of
      his
     
    

    
     
      “powers,
      he
      called
      himself
      ‘‘
      Fountain
      of
      the
      Necro-
     
    

    
     
      _mancers,
      Astrologers,
      Second
      of
      the
      Magicians,
     
    

    
     
      Chiromancer,
      Aeromancer,
      Pyromancer,
      Second
      of
     
     
      “Hydromancy.””
     
    

    
     
      During
      the
      Renaissance
      astrology
      was
      seen
      asa
     
     
      “respectable
      science.
      Some
      forms
      of
      magic
      were
      ac-
     
     
      “ceptable,
      these
      were
      called
      White
      magic.
      Legend
      has
     
     
      “it
      the
      Faust
      was
      one
      of
      the
      few
      who
      practised
      black
     
     
      “magic.
      Black
      magic
      as
      defined
      as
      ‘‘Consulting
      with
     
     
      “evil
      spirits
      and
      demons
      in
      order
      to
      gain
      secret
      knowl-
     
     
      edge,”’
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
          
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      :
      artin
      Luther,
      brave
      enough
      to
      separate
      Catholics
      and
     
     
      Protestants,
      stated
      that
      he
      needed
      God
      to
      save
      himself
     
     
      trom
      demons
      sent
      by
      Faust.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Word
      of
      mouth
      describes
      Faust’s
      incredible
      feats.
     
     
      Faust
      could
      tap
      a
      table
      and
      wine
      would
      pour
      from
      it.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Faust
      could
      order
      a
      demon
      to
      bring
      him
      fresh
      straw-
     
     
      berries
      in
      the
      middle
      of
      the
      winter.
      One
      bizarre
      story
     
     
      had
      Faust
      being
      so
      hungry
      that
      he
      ate
      a
      whole
      horse
     
     
      as
      well
      as
      the
      cart
      of
      hay
      the
      horse
      was
      pulling.
      One
     
    

    
     
      day
      Fast
      saw
      a
      group
      of
      men
      struggling
      to
      lift
      a
      barrel
     
     
      fromacellar.
      Faust
      yelled
      to
      the
      men
      ‘‘
      You
      are
     
     
      foolish.
      I
      can
      bring
      up
      the
      barrel
      by
      myself.’’
      The
     
     
      men
      watched
      as
      Faust
      rode
      the
      barrel
      out
      of
      the
      cellar.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Why
      did
      Faust
      trade
      his
      soul
      in
      order
      to
      achieve
     
     
      special
      favours
      from
      evil
      spirits?
      The
      answer
      may
     
     
      again
      be
      the
      plaque
      in
      the
      Lion’s
      Inn
      ‘‘Though
      finally
     
     
      damned-
      did
      indeed
      for
      24
      years
      enjoy
      the
      power
      and
     
     
      pleasure
      of
      the
      forbidden
      secrets
      of
      Satanic
      evil.
     
     
      Forbidden...
      but
      seductive.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      fala
      td
     
    
   
   
    
     
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