spirits so that they can help him clear up all uncertainties, and perform what ever he should ask of them. His mind starts to race with all the things that he could do if he had them at his bidding. He might have them search out for gold from far off places, take the pearls out of the sea, find all the tasty fruits. Everything that he would ask for would be at his finger tips, even the secrets of all the foreign kings, and then he would rule over all the countries, and have a army adorned with riches so that they would fallow his command. Dr. Faustus then calls in the two magician friends to help him. Faustus builds them up by saying that he has listened to their teaching and that he is ready to practice the art of black magic. But then his pride shows through once again when he declares that it is also because of his fantasy that he has made this decision. Faustus proclaims that the physical reality means nothing to him, but that he has gone over in his mind about the skills of death, the obscure thoughts of philosophy, and the pettiness of law and physics. Of these three the spiritual realm is what he looks for. Faustus points out that magic is not pretty, that it is evil, and down right nasty. But it has over taken him to the point that he must have it in his power. So he asks his friends to help him in this quest. Faustus has been cut short with his deductive reasoning, confounded by the teaching of the German church. Faustus mulls over the problem with logical reasoning, and the brings in the mythical singer to rationalize his thoughts, and deducts that he can do the same by calling up the spirits as Agrippa had done. Then Valdes starts to back up the thoughts of Faustus by saying that this will make him great in the eyes of all those around him. Just like the American Indians when they first saw the Spanish, they held them in reverence. So, too will the spirits be of service to them, and guard them from any harm that might befall...
