This book is part of a unique course of learning in magic and mysticism.In his books Emil
Stejnar has brought magic and mysticismfrom the world of Medieval miracles into the modern
worldof scientific study. His ideas and discoveries are also recognisedin academic
circles.Annika a young scientist has been abducted and the life of her fiancé Prof. Berg who
is desperately searching for her is also in danger.They have data relating to an invention
that will usher in a newscientific era. A fanatical ruthless cult and a powerful
unscrupulouscompany want this secret. In a race against time the trail leads toPrague where
Prof. Berg awakes under mysterious circumstancesin a strange house after an accident.Awakening
is the central concern of all initiation and spiritual training.This special state of
consciousness where a person understandsthat they exist is the basis of all self-determined
personalityand the first goal of all occult traditions. Most people believe thatstaying awake
is keeping their eyes and their senses open and theirbody alert during the night. People are
more convinced that they areawake than of anything else but in reality they are caught in a
netwhich they have woven themself from their thoughts and feelings a net that is a phantasm
from which dreams are made. They remaindreamers. These words come from the works of Gustav
Meyrink who understood explained and described the mystery of awakeninglike no other spiritual
researcher.In this gripping thriller awakening is illuminated from variousdifferent points of
view. The evocative imagery interwoven withwell known and less known quotations from the works
of GustavMeyrink draws the reader ever deeper into the world of the protagonist where dream
and reality can no longer be told apart. ThisKafkaesque disorientation and the instruction
provided trigger theawakening that like an initiation leads to a new understanding
ofyourself.Anyone who knows Stejnar and Meyrink should read this book.
