TELOPEA NSW, Australia, July 7, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- One of the greatest works of Spanish literature is undoubtedly Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. It is a magnificent tour de force that operates in several levels, from exquisite literary construction to subtle, and not-so-subtle, allusions to esoterica. What may be surprising to some is that the pen from which it sprang forth may in fact have produced Shakespeare's First Folio as well.

In the highly intriguing and scholarly treatise, Don Quixote and the Brilliant Name of Fire, author Michael Buhagiar reveals for the first time the true extent of the esoteric dimension of the classic Spanish work. References to cards of the Tarot deck, a means of progression on the inner journey, have long been noted in it; but Don Quixote and the Brilliant Name of Fire will show their full extent, as well as demonstrating spectacular visual representations of Hebrew letters of the Qabalah, and the strict allegory of psychic transformation -- in the way of the Shakespeare plays -- in which these symbols have their place. The close kinship of Don Quixote and Shakespeare's First Folio becomes plain, and their origin in a common author, neither Will Shakespeare nor Cervantes.

Don Quixote and the Brilliant Name of Fire is now available for your reading pleasure. To get a copy of this fascinating book, just log on to Xlibris.com or visit a local book retailer near you.

About the Author

Michael Buhagiar was born in 1954 in Sydney, Australia. He spent several years at Sydney University, studying Medicine initially, before graduating with a first-class honours degree in Science. He has had poems, book reviews and articles published in leading journals, all deriving from an intense enthusiasm for symbolism and the written word. His first book, Ugly Dick and the Goddess of Complete Being (2003), is a sequel to the late Ted Hughes' Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being, extending and completing Hughes' demonstration of the psycho-allegorical dimension of the Shakespeare plays. Don Quixote and the Brilliant Name of Fire is his second published book.

   Don Quixote and the Brilliant Name of Fire * by Michael Buhagiar
         Qabalah, Tarot and Shakespeare in the Greatest Novel
                   Publication Date: April 4, 2008
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