A midsummer river journey from Prague to Budapest uncovers not just an ancient alchemical laboratory of the Holy Roman Empire, but the cauldron of alchemical base elements now bubbling up throughout Central Europe. Distilling current political storms in Europe and America, we discover the very same putrid ingredients of anger, hate, lies, racism, anti-Semitism, and a demonization of anything “other,” all of which lead away from democracy and into tyranny. Only each individual’s search for a deeper ruling principle within his or her own being can lead us collectively away from the precipice of a new dark age.

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暴政的炼金术：穿越中欧的旅程

从布拉格到布达佩斯的仲夏河之旅不仅揭示了神圣罗马帝国的古老炼金实验室，而且揭示了现在在整个中欧冒泡的炼金基础元素的大锅。从欧洲和美国当前的政治风暴中提取出来，我们发现愤怒、仇恨、谎言、种族主义、反犹太主义以及对任何“其他”事物的妖魔化等腐朽的成分，所有这些都导致远离民主并进入暴政。只有每个人在他或她自己的存在中寻求更深层次的统治原则，才能带领我们集体远离新的黑暗时代的悬崖。