The First Volume in the Frank Braun trilogy. This is the first uncensored English translation of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”. It includes an Introduction by Dr. Wifried Kugel; the poems, “Prometheus” by Goethe,and “Hymn to Satan” by Carducci; “The Satanism of Hanns Heinz Ewers”, “Duality-The Male”, “Duality-The Female”,and “Duality-Sexual Alchemy” by Joe Bandel and the complete text of “Synagogue of Satan” by Stansislaw Przybyszewski also translated by Joe Bandel. Art is by Mahlon Blaine.
In this book we meet Frank Braun for the first time. He intends to start a religious cult in the sleepy mountain village of Val di Scodra. To do this he uses hypnosis and his understanding of mystical states to manipulate and control the situation but it soon gets out of hand when a young girl from the village is recognized as a spiritual leader. . .
For several years after writing “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” Hanns Heinz Ewers gave highly successful lectures on “The Religion of Satan” which were based upon “The Synagogue of Satan”. His view of “Satanism” is highly different than what is popular today and shows that his belief in the future of humanity lies in the balancing of the male/female aspects within us and not in two eternal forces in opposition, good/evil. For him Satanism was the emancipation of women.
This book is available in hardcover, paperback and PDF versions from Lulu publishing. Kindle edition is available here.
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