One of the most widely read magic texts of the period was attributed to Faust, and many other books referred to him as an authority. A cycle of legends, including some from ancient and medieval sources that were originally told about other magicians, began to collect around him. But whatever his first name really was, this Faust was apparently a practitioner of various magical arts. In various legends, he was named Heinrich Faust, Johann Faustus, or Georg Faust. The original Faust has probably been lost forever. Other references to witchcraft and magic in the Bible have always caused people to look upon the practice of magic as inviting eternal damnation for the soul.ĭuring the early part of the fifteenth century in Germany, the story of a man who sold his soul to the devil to procure supernatural powers captured the popular imagination and spread rapidly. The story is thought to have its earliest roots in the New Testament story of the magician Simon Magus (Acts 8:9-24). The Faust legend had its inception during the medieval period in Europe and has since become one of the world's most famous and oft-handled myths.
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