The Alchemical Dream: Rebirth of the Great Work

Name: The Alchemical Dream: Rebirth of the Great Work
Director: Maxine Rochlin
Genre: Documentary, History, Drama
Released: 2008-11-05
Duration: 55 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Terence McKenna, John Claude

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The Alchemical Dream: Rebirth of the Great Work

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2008-11-05

The Alchemical Dream: Rebirth of the Great Work

Mystical, ephemeral and nearly lost to time, alchemy was a "magical theory of nature" widely held in pre-Enlightenment Europe. Author Terence McKenna portrays John Dee, court magician to Queen Elizabeth I, in this history of the discipline. McKenna discusses the role of the science as he travels to key sites in alchemic lore throughout Eastern Europe, including Heidelberg, home to the world's only contemporary alchemy lab.

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