The Gnostic Faustus: The Secret Teachings Behind the Classic Text Book

Introduction: Setting the Stage     1
Here Beginneth Doctor Faustus: His Vita & Historia     39
Introduction to the Faust Book     42
Of His Parentage and Youth     45
How Doctor Faustus Did Achieve and Acquire Sorcery     51
Here Followeth the Disputatio Held By Faustus and the Spirit     64
Introduction to Chapters 4-7     71
The Second Disputatio with the Spirit     74
Doctor Faustus's Third Colloquium with the Spirit, Which Was Called Mephistopheles-Concerning Also the Pact Which These Two Made     79
Doctor Faustus's Instrumentum, or Devilish and Godless Writ Obligatio     85
Concerning the Service That Mephistopheles Used Toward Faustus     90
Introduction to Chapters 8-11     95
Concerning Doctor Faustus's Intended Marriage     97
Doctor Faustus's Quaestio of His Spirit Mephistopheles     109
A Disputatio Concerning the Prior State of the Banished Angels     116
A Disputatio Concerning Hell; How It Was Created and Fashioned; Concerning Also the Torments in Hell     119
Doctor Faustus His Historia: Here Followeth the Second Part, Adventures & Sundry Questions     131
His Almanacs and Horoscopes     134
A Disputatio or Inquiry Concerning the Art of Astronomia, or Astrologia     138
A Disputatio and False Answer Which the Spirit Gave to Doctor Faustus     141
How Doctor Faustus Traveled Down to Hell     148
How Doctor Faustus Journeyed Up to the Stars     167
Now I Will Tell You What I Did See     175
Doctor Faustus's Third Journey     184
Concerning the Stars     195
A Question on This Topic     200
The Second Question     204
The Third Question     207
Here Followeth the Third Part: Doctor Faustus, His Adventures, the Things He Performed and Worked with His Nigromantia at the Courts of Great Potentates     209
A History of the Emperor Charles V and Doctor Faustus     212
Concerning the Antlers of a Hart     217
Concerning Three Lords Who Were Rapidly Transported to a Royal Wedding in Munich     221
Concerning an Adventure with a Jew     229
An Adventure at the Court of Count Anhalt     236
The Manner in Which Doctor Faustus as Bacchus Kept Shrovetide     244
Concerning Helen Charmed Out of Greece     250
Concerning a Gesticulation Involving Four Wheels     259
Concerning Four Sorcerers Who Cut Off One Another's Heads and Put Them On Again, Wherein Doctor Faustus, Attending Their Performance, Doth Play the Major Role      267
Concerning an Old Man Who Would Have Converted Doctor Faustus from His Godless Life     273
Pact     285
Doctor Faustus: His Last Tricks and What He Did in the Final Years of His Contract     289
How Doctor Faustus Brought About the Marriage of Two Lovers     292
Concerning Divers Flora in Doctor Faustus's Garden on Christmas Day     298
Concerning an Army Raised Against Lord Hardeck     301
Concerning the Beautiful Helen from Greece, How She Lived for a Time with Doctor Faustus     309
Concerning One Whose Wife Married While He Was Captive in Egypt and How Doctor Faustus Informed and Aided Him     315
Concerning the Testament: What Doctor Faustus Bequeathed to His Servant Christof Wagner     321
The Discourse Which Doctor Faustus Held with His Son Concerning His Last Will and Testament     324
What Doctor Faustus Did in the Final Month of His Pact     327
Doctor Faustus: His Lamentation, That He Must Die at a Young and Lusty Age     329
Doctor Faustus Lamenteth Yet Further     331
Doctor Faustus: His Hideous End and Spectaculum     332
Notes     338
Bibliography     355
Index     361