Access

to the Void

or the Pure Potential

Passed Dr Faustus' Ordeal

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"Dr Faustus" title page from the 1616 edition of Marlowe’s play first published in 1604.

Disillusioned with life and frustrated due to the limited scope of man’s knowledge, Dr John Faustus decides to sell his soul to Lucifer in order to obtain power over the demon Mephistophilis.

Through this demon, Faustus is able to travel far and wide, as well as learn and perform different types of magic. Faustus’s soul payment is due 24 years after he signed the contract, and he spends the majority of that time using his powers for his own amusement and advantages.

Faustus is faced with the decision to repent, thereby saving his soul, throughout the play, and comes close to doing so on a few occasions, but never actually does it.

The play ends with Faustus being dragged off to Hell by a group of demons.

XV Le Diable, Jamie Hewlett

Focus 15 – A state of No-Time.

Consciousness is now far removed from physical body signals.

Linear time is no longer relevant to experience.

Sometimes referred to as the Void or Pure Potential.