Technology and Thailand aren't an alchemic mix, and if you're a Bangkok resident the proof surrounds you.
What the Golden Fleece really wasa cloak tossed to earth by Zeus when he was drunk, or a sheepskin book of alchemic secrets, or the gilded epidermis of a young human sacrifice .
Tan Dun's alchemic mixture of influences might produce an opera to span the globe: real world music.
Forest Whitaker in New York Times All these things come together in this alchemic way,Mr. Whitaker said at a pre-screening news conference. "The character comes to life and the spirit is brought forth."