The Twilight of the Magical Siren

<p><em>The Twilight of the Magical Siren</em> is the tale of Judah a young Jewish man adrift living during the Western Roman Empire in the fourth century CE a time when a newly triumphant Christianity overcame and marginalized the cults of the old pagan gods. One evening Judah meets an ancient goddess abandoned by this newly Christianized Empire a beautiful siren with a melancholy song. Judah becomes obsessed with the goddess. He alternately loves and hates her but cannot break away. She will haunt and chase him and ultimately drive him from a happy domestic life to the delights and terrors of her magical cavern in the heart of an enchanted mountain. Drawing motifs from the medieval Tannhauser myth <em>The Twilight of the Magical Siren</em> explores the temptations and pitfalls of abandoning one’s life for the hypnotic song of the pagan goddess.</p>