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 fiancéProf. 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 feelingsa net that is a phantasm from which dreams are made. They remaindreamers." These words come from the works of Gustav Meyrinkwho 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 protagonistwhere 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.