The Angel of the West Window (original) (raw)

The Angel of the West Window is a weird fiction novel written in 1927 by Gustav Meyrink (original German title: Der Engel vom westlichen Fenster) steeped in alchemical, hermetic, occult and mystical imagery and ideas interweaving the life of Elizabethan Magus Dr John Dee with that of a fictional modern descendant, Baron Mueller. The story is narrated by Baron Mueller, an Austrian of British descent living in Austria in the early part of 20th Century.