![]() ![]() ![]() Faustus sends Mephistophilis back to hell with the bargain that if Faustus is given twenty-four years of absolute power, he will then sell his soul to Lucifer. Faustus discovers that it is not his conjuring which brings forth Mephistophilis but, instead, that when anyone curses the trinity, devils automatically appear. Faustus sends him away, telling him to reappear in the form of a friar. When he is alone in his study, Faustus begins experimenting with magical incantations, and suddenly Mephistophilis appears, in the form of an ugly devil. Faustus tells them that he has decided to experiment in necromancy and needs them to teach him some of the fundamentals. He has his servant Wagner summon Valdes and Cornelius, two German experts in magic. Faustus becomes dissatisfied with his studies of medicine, law, logic and theology therefore, he decides to turn to the dangerous practice of necromancy, or magic. ![]()
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