THE ROSICRUCIAN MYTH IS RETOLD IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY COMIC NOVEL,WHICH DRAWWS ITS INSPIRATION FROM THE OCCULT EPIGRAMS OF MICHAEL MAIER THE 17TH CENTURY ALCHEMIST AND CHIEF APOLGIST FOR THE ROSICRUCIAN MOVEMENT. FOSTER'S ICONOCLASTIC ACCOUNT OF HIS YOUTHFUL HERO'S TRAVELS IN THE EAST, IS AT ONCE A PICARESQUE FICTION,A SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF SPIRITUAL ALCHEMY,AN ETHIC FOR THE DRUG USER, AND A DEEPLY FELT LAMENT FOR T THE NOW DEPARTED SPIRIT OF THE 1960S. FOSTER BEGAN THIS WORK IN 1973 AND COMPLETED IT IN 1980. HE REGARDS IT AS HIS FINEST NOVEL. CERTAINLY, IN THIS INTELLECTUAL AND IMAGINATIVE GUSTO, IT REPRESENTS A BELATED PEAK IN THE 20TH CENTURY MODERNISTIC COMIC NOVEL.
- ISBN10 0140077014
- ISBN13 9780140077018
- Publish Date 26 June 1986
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 April 1994
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition Open market ed
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 176
- Language English