William Francis Jack

David Alexander, an American professor of Russian, is called to task about an offhand remark he made concerning Tsar Boris Godunov, an historical figure portrayed as a villain and prince-murderer in history, as well as in literature and opera.

David’s remark precipitates an academic dispute, and his teaching job is on the line. So is his historical research into Russia’s "Cult of Sophia," which is part of the religious ideal of The Divine Feminine. His research takes him back to the early 1600’s, and he and a Soviet archivist colleague chance upon long-concealed letters written by three Orthodox monks. The hunt is on for the long-suppressed mystical papers to which these monks refer.… (altro)

Professor Matthew Eastman walks into his office one afternoon and suddenly discovers that he's "forgotten" a year of his life. It is now 2005, but he doesn't remember anything from 2004. A therapist pulls him through his life, crisis-by-crisis and sin-by-sin, until they reach 2004. That was the year when he began researching a Russian novel that includes elements of black magic. That novel, "The Master and Margarita," slowly takes over his life and steers him towards where he doesn't want to go, to an affair with a student that he doesn't want to remember.… (altro)