Janus He appears selfless and compassionate but, in truth, is power-hungry, amoral, and without regard for the well-being of others. In the 1987 thriller novel "The Janus Man" by British novelist Raymond Harold Sawkins, Janus is used as a metaphor for a Soviet agent infiltrated into British Secret Intelligence Service - "The Janus Man who faces both East and West". Janus In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus (; ("Iānus"), ) is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the future and to the
The Gates of Reality The Gates of Reality The Gates of Reality (2008) is the second music album by Australis. "The Gates of Reality" was produced and recorded in Utah, United States, and was released by Australis through the label Essential Noises on November 22, 2008. Before its release, in February 2007, the now defunct Dutch publication "E-dition" magazine published an article about Australis in its last issue (#16) before ceasing operations. The magazine included two tracks from this album in the audio compact disc that accompanied each issue. These tracks were "The Gates of Reality" and "Paqta Kutemunqa". On December 23, 2008, the