Gustav Meyrink
Born
in Vienna, Austria
January 19, 1868
Died
December 04, 1932
Genre
Influences
fantastic, occult sciences, theology, Kabbala
The Golem
by
439 editions
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1915
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Angel of the West Window
39 editions
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1927
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Walpurgisnacht
116 editions
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published
1917
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The Green Face
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14 editions
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published
1916
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The White Dominican
78 editions
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published
1921
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Kardinal Napellus
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17 editions
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published
1903
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Murciélagos
48 editions
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published
1916
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The Opal
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7 editions
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1903
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Racconti agghiaccianti
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La morte viola
16 editions
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1970
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“The soul is not a single unity; that is what it is destined to become, and that is what we call 'immortality'. Your soul is still composed of many 'selves', just as a colony of ants is composed of many single ants. You bear within you the spiritual remains of many thousand ancestors, the heads of your line. It is the same with all creatures. How could a chicken that is artificially hatched in an incubator immediately look for the right food, if the experience of millions of years were not stored inside it? The existence of 'instinct' indicates the presence of our ancestors in our bodies and in our souls.”
― The Golem
― The Golem
“Nothing essential happens through death, only through birth and that is the whole trouble - But shouldn't we be speaking of something more important than life and death?”
― Angel of the West Window
― Angel of the West Window
“It is the narrow, hidden tracks that lead back to our lost homeland, what contains the solution to the last mysteries is not the ugly scar that life's rasp leaves on us, but the fine, almost invisible writing that is engraved on our body.”
― The Golem
― The Golem
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