内容简介：
Dr. Harry Haller's friend, Martin Lewis, has disappeared. Harry suspects that the beautiful teacher, Lilpah Bennet, with whom Lewis was taking an evening course, knows Lewis's fate. So he arranges to study with her, too. She teaches Harry about ancient medicine, magic, Cabbala, astrology and mysticism. They are soon having an affair. He starts having fascinating dreams about ancient doctors and historical characters, but has difficulty awaking from those dreams. Other doctor-students of Lilpah's die mysteriously. Is Lilpah a murderer? Where's Martin Lewis? Why are doctors dying? Will Harry die, too? He approaches the mystery with humor.