The Alchemist
Across
- 2. a state of pleasant, dreamlike absorption in thought
- 4. a journey to a sacred place or toward a meaningful goal
- 5. relating to the Christian Church or clergy
- 6. to go beyond the limits of ordinary experience or understanding
- 8. present everywhere at the same time
- 13. a group of travelers journeying together, often through desert
- 16. the ability to understand something instinctively, without conscious reasoning
- 18. to change from one form or substance to another
- 19. the spiritual force believed to connect all living things
Down
- 1. the practice of seeking knowledge of the future through supernatural means
- 3. the belief that all events are predetermined and inevitable
- 7. one's true purpose or destiny in life
- 9. Arabic for "it is written"; fate or destiny
- 10. a fertile area in a desert; a place of refuge or relief
- 11. a magical or medicinal potion; in alchemy, a substance thought to grant immortality
- 12. a person or thing that signals the approach of something
- 14. One who practices alchemy, the medieval pursuit of transforming base metals into gold
- 15. a marketplace or bazaar in Arab cities
- 17. to melt ore in order to extract a pure metal
- 20. A sign or event believed to foretell the future