, born in 16th-century Germany, who becomes obsessed with alchemy and the legendary Elixir of Life
The story follows Hans Szebestyén, a man in 16th-century Europe who, driven by greed and a fear of death, murders an aging alchemist to steal the "Red Lion"—the legendary Elixir of Life. Because he consumes the elixir while his soul is still "base" and unrefined, he is cursed with physical immortality that does not grant peace, but rather a continuous, conscious memory of all his subsequent incarnations. el leon rojo maria szepes pdf
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