... given this further clarification of Socratism, where do we locate Faust? Faust has passed to the state of realisation that science cannot complete his epistemological desires. In the text this is in sharp contrast to his famulus Wagner whose line "Though I know much, I would know everything."(Faust: ... point by reference to one of the most recent re-writing of the Faust legend: Michael Swanwick's "Jack Faust". In this version Faust desires and is given scientific knowledge without limit. In this case Faust's employs this new knowledge tirelessly and the terrifying results (modernity) a...

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... is, "One point up, pentacle, mind over body," or one's intellect and spirit above the material/physical world. Also, "One point down, pentagram, body over mind," or one's material/physical desires above the intellect and spirit. This is a common teaching in the ways of Wicca and other magikal religions. In the days of Goethe, both forms were referred to as pentagrams ... . Due to the association with the pentagram with Mephistopheles and the deal Faust strikes with him, it does have a strong tie to the demonic powers and physical/material desires. When we encounter the pentagram, it is d...

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