Mearc
An empty village, a journey across the moor, and the making of meaning from ordinary things.
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Mysteria Symposium
The novels of Tarek von Bergmann. Stories from the uncertain ground between memory, history and perception.
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01 / 07 · The thresholdExplore the uncertain ground
02 / The works
The novels
Separate worlds, sharing an interest in the stories people impose upon the things they cannot explain.
Baddon
An old soldier remembers the siege that a later generation has already turned into legend.
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Awake Blissfully
A London narrator follows a manuscript into obsession, uncertain evidence and untrustworthy recollection.
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Of Mist and Omen
The moor, a frightened parish, and the stories a community tells in order to survive itself.
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This Cold Elegy
Fractured time, wounded cities and a future that seems to have written itself backwards.
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Rosalyn Lane: Arcanum
A decaying city, two troubled lives, and the lure of prophecy in a world nearing its end.
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Relics of Decay
A forgotten biomechanical world still obeys its machines. One unplanned life begins to question why.
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Ely’s Heartbeat
Within the walls of Mendip asylum, Cuthbert Raines follows the elements towards a mystery of identity and becoming.
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03 / The featured work
Where the land becomes a story
The landscape remains itself. What changes is the way we see it.
An empty village lies at the edge of Dartmoor. Beyond it, a path climbs towards the open moor, where human traces become increasingly difficult to separate from the natural world.
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Other paths through the work
The words, the places, the unfinished work and the questions that gather around them.
01Selected passages / The words themselvesThe Reading RoomOpen the manuscripts, read a few carefully chosen pages, and discover where the stories take you.Explore ↗
02Occult studies / The person behind the fictionThe Author’s StudyFrom ceremonial magic and Tarot philosophy to Druidry, Heathen practice and Chaos Magic. On obsession, madness and the making of stories.Explore ↗
03Manuscripts / Work in progressAt the Writing DeskAn open record of writing, revision and the quieter decisions between manuscripts.Explore ↗
04Landscapes / Real, uncertain, imaginedThe Literary AtlasFollow the landscapes of the novels without mistaking fictional places for historical evidence.Explore ↗
05Cabinet / Objects and their meaningsThe Archive of TracesSmall objects, uncertain histories and the questions that became fiction.Explore ↗
06Correspondence / New writingLetters from the SymposiumChoose to hear when new essays, notes and literary dispatches appear.Explore ↗
05 / Behind the work
From the margins
News, essays and research from the writing desk. New entries will appear here as they are published.
Essays & Reflections / 1 Nov 2026
Whom Do We Meet Beyond the Veil?
The Holy Guardian Angel, the transformed self, and the unfinished journey of the Fool. What if the seeker and the one sought have both changed beyond…
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The Dangerous Little Word ‘Is’
The Ship of Theseus, the colour blue in darkness and the quiet authority of the word ‘is’. A philosophical reflection on identity, memory and the questions…
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Mearc — The Final Passage of Editing
Mearc is in its final editing stage. A writing dispatch about its experimental, intensely atmospheric reading experience, with two genuine manuscript excerpts and a tentative late-2026…
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The writer's table
06 / About the author
Tarek von Bergmann
Occult study · Natural philosophy · Storytelling
A doorway into Tarek von Bergmann’s thirty years of esoteric study, Tarot philosophy, Druidry, Heathen practice, Chaos Magic, and the themes of obsession and madness behind the novels.
Obsession and madness run through my novels as questions about how belief becomes conviction, how interpretation shapes experience, and the stories a mind learns to tell about itself.
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The story continues beyond the page.
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