Meet Mr. Mephistopheles

      As I mentioned yesterday, the historical alchemist and astrologer Johann Faust (about whom Christopher Marlowe wrote his famous play Doctor Faustus, and about whom J. W. von Goethe wrote his enormous poetic play Faust, and about whom, in high school, I once began a never-completed spoof entitled Dr. Faustus, M.D.) lived for a couple [Read More...]