Egyptian Sorcery

Egyptian Sorcery is a supernatural and metaphysical short story by Algernon Blackwood that blends financial realism, psychological instability, and occult past-life romance into a single escalating dream-vision narrative. The story follows George Sanfield, a London businessman whose life collapses under financial pressure, professional strain, and emotional exhaustion. After investing in Egyptian securities through his enigmatic friend Morris, Sanfield’s anxiety and fatigue push him into a dream state that gradually replaces ordinary reality. What begins as a mundane crisis in rainy London transforms into an immersive Egyptian vision where time, identity, and consciousness dissolve. Sanfield encounters Morris again - but now within a mystical, layered reality involving surgery, life-and-death thresholds, and an inexplicable emotional bond that suggests reincarnation or soul-memory.