The Magus | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

London - The emotionally and physically dingy city in which Nicholas both begins and ends his journey.

Phraxos - This is the island upon which the school at which Nicholas teaches and the villa in which he's transformed are both built.

The Lord Byron School - This is the school on Phraxos at which Nicholas works.

Bourani - This is where the majority of Nicholas' encounters with the individuals and experiences that change his life and perspectives take place.

The Priapus - This small statue of an archetypal male figure with a grotesquely...
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