Hidden similarities. Faustian topics: from Gnostic sources to post -colonial culture

The “hidden similarities” associate the work of leading writers of the postcolonial era with the drama of Christopher Marlow about the Faust agreement - manipulation of the material world in exchange for the soul - written during the scientific worldview, accompanied by imperial expansion in Europe and predetermined the economic and social structures of the colonial and post -colonial Mira. This exciting study connects together from a wide variety of areas to show how “Doctor Faustus” reflects the gnostic-measuring tradition that existed on the outskirts of dominant European power structures. Renomed in the Renaissance era, merged with occult arts, such as alchemy and magic, this living tradition influenced the work of the magicians Pico Della Mirandola, Marsilio Ficino, Treemia, Johann Reichlin, Agrippa of Netstesheim, Paracelsus and John Dee