Simon Magus

Simon Magus
Author: George Robert Stow Mead
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2020-09-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1465516387

Simon Magus in Patristic, Medieval and Early Modern Traditions

Simon Magus in Patristic, Medieval and Early Modern Traditions
Author: Alberto Ferreiro
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2021-11-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 9047415469

This book is an exploration of the post-New Testament figure of Simon Magus spanning the patristic era, Middle Ages, and the early modern period as found in art, vernacular literatures, heresiologies, theological texts, hagiographies and homilies.

The Illusionist

The Illusionist
Author: Anita Mason
Publisher: Holt Rinehart & Winston
Total Pages: 309
Release: 1984
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780030707797

Nothing is what it seems.In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician (Norton) uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing. Director Neil Burger's screen adaptation of Steven Millhauser's short story 'Eisenheim the Illusionist'. Eisenheim (Edward Norton) is a magician in early 1900's Vienna, who falls in love with a woman well above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to a Crown Prince, Eisenheim uses his powers to free her and undermine the stability of the royal house of Vienna.

Rider Haggard and the Imperial Occult

Rider Haggard and the Imperial Occult
Author: Simon Magus
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2021-12-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004470247

In Rider Haggard and the Imperial Occult, Simon Magus explores the occult world of H. Rider Haggard through an analysis of his literary engagement with ancient Egypt, Romanticism and Theosophy.

Simon Magus

Simon Magus
Author: Eric Berman
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2000-08-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781469701004

"I am Simon Magus the stitcher of past and future. I ply my trade where the tired, the old, the dispossessed of the world are wound on the great loom of Government. They come before me, their lives a tangled skein of memory. Mother and father, friends and loved ones have fallen by the way; the past has faded; the things that were left behind have moldered and are scattered. The mind of a son, a daughter sitting before me dims. The thread is lost. Oblivion." So begins this extraordinary story of love and mystery, courage and despair set in the streets of New Orleans. Simon Magus is a bureaucrat, an expert in navigating the twists and turns of other peoples' lives. But now, falling into the emotional hell of his own failed marriage, torn by dreams of his lost children, he reaches out to beauty and love to save himself, and he is drawn into a world he cannot control, into the slow motion agony of drugs: this is the world laid bare by Simon Magus. This is the world of his redemption.

The Innsmouth Cycle

The Innsmouth Cycle
Author: Richard L. Tierney
Publisher: Chaosium Fiction Series
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1998
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Simon Magus: The First Gnostic?

Simon Magus: The First Gnostic?
Author: Stephen Haar
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2012-10-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110898829

This latest comprehensive work on Simon Magus lends new impetus to the investigation of Early Christianity and questions surrounding the origin and nature of Gnosticism. Major contributions of this study include: (1), a departure from the traditional exegesis of Acts 8, 5-24 (the first narrative source of Simon), and the later following reports of ancient Christian writers; (2), an overview of the literature of Graeco-Roman antiquity to determine the contribution of "magic" and "the Magoi" in the development of perceptions and descriptions of Simon; and (3), the inclusion of social science explanation models and modern estimations of "identity", in a creative approach to questions surrounding the phenomenon of Simon.

Sorcery Against Caesar

Sorcery Against Caesar
Author: Richard L. Tierney
Publisher: Pickman's Press
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2020-12-21
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1953215033

A REBEL AGAINST ROME Simon of Gitta, an escaped slave turned magician, roves the Roman Empire battling dark magic and demons, all the while pursued by Caesar’s soldiers. Join Simon as he flees across the ancient world evading cultists and Legionaries, outwitting sorcerers and Centurions, and fighting gladiators and gods, even the deities of the Cthulhu Mythos. Yet all these foes cannot prepare him for his greatest challenge: the pursuit of his lost soul-mate Helen, a love so deep even death can’t stand in its way for long. These stories were one of the inspirations for the Cthulhu Invictus campaign for the Call of Cthulhu role playing game by Chaosium. Enjoy sixteen stories combining superbly researched historical fiction with sword & sorcery and Lovecraftian horror, including: The Sword of Spartacus The Fire of Mazda The Seed of the Star-God The Blade of the Slayer The Throne of Achamoth The Emerald Tablet The Soul of Kephri The Ring of Set The Worm of Urakhu The Curse of the Crocodile The Treasure of Horemkhu The Secret of Nephren-Ka The Scroll of Thoth The Dragons of Mons Fractus The Wedding of Sheila-Na-Gog The Pillars of Melkarth Vengence Quest (poetry)