We delve into the mysterious process of alchemy and examine how Greek Gods and chemistry are possibly connected. Our guest is the Desert Alchemist, a mycologist gives us his account of the strange history of the French alchemist Nicolas Flamel and the images shown in his archaic book The Exposition of the Hieroglyphical Figures... Will we learn to turn mercury to silver? Lead to gold? Perhaps if we continue to dive into enigmatic stories from the past...

The following are links to the Desert Alchemist's website as well some of the sources mentioned in this episode:

The Desert Alchemist Website:

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=the+desert+alchemist+tucson&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

PDF of the The Exposition of the Hieroglyphical Figures

https://archive.org/details/nicolas-flamel-exposition-of-the-hieroglyphical-figures-16421/page/n1/mode/2up

In this episode we interview Basil Baylin, a 96 year old portrait painter from New York City. Sitting in his uptown apartment studio with cheese sandwiches, we delve into the four basic principles of painting. He discusses how accuracy and color are integral ingredients when making the human face in order to trap the personality of an individual. For Basil portrait painting seems to be a balancing act between practiced accuracy and fluid intuition. Having been drafted in the Korean War, Basil's life is filled with strange and wonderful adventures- of which only a few managed to make an appearance on this podcast. Images of his work and a link to his website can be found on the Farbeyond blog.

https://www.hopechristoffersonart.com/blog

Basil's Website:

https://www.basilbaylin.com

The music featured in this episode is "The Way You Look Tonight" recorded by Basil's old friend Tony Bennet, with whom he spent many evenings painting and running around the magical streets of New York City.  

In special artist interview episode of Farbeyond we interview the mythological painter Christopher Remmers. We are introduced to the term psychotechnology which is how people manifest their destiny through thought.  We discuss how stories have shaped the evolution of humanity. I've boiled down the essence of our conversation into a blog post with photos of the wonderful art we reference throughout the podcast, which is a space for readers and listeners to engage and ask questions about our conversation. 

That blog is available here, as well as a link to Christopher's work.

Farbeyond Blog:

https://www.hopechristoffersonart.com/blog

Christopher's Website:

https://www.christopherremmers.com/viewcollection/126363

Music for this episode was provided by the amazing MoFly Band who's tunes can be found here:

https://withkoji.com/@Moflyband

Once upon a time in the early 20th century, two girls in England photographed what respected members of society called "evidence of fairies". Was this so? Or simply an elaborate hoax designed to play into our desire to believe in the fantastical? On this special guest episode Hope and Isabel dive into this enigmatic mystery involving religious cults, camera tricks, and Sherlock Holmes. We would like to thank the author, poet, and illustrator Forrest Lybrand for taking us through this wonderful and startling tale of childhood curiosity and its power to change our adult preconceptions of the world.

More information can be found on Forrest's wonderful illustrations and writing via these links :

www.forrestlybrand.com

instagram: @forrestlybrand

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Have you ever wondered what would happen if you robbed an ancient grave filled with embalmed organs, gold, mold, and radioactive material? Well we have too! Come over to the hot sands of Egypt with us while we investigate one of the most powerful curses of Egyptian history. We'll also look Into the niche mourning practices of Victorian England. Settle back on your camel, watch out for scarabs, and enjoy this next enigmatic mummy-filled episode of Farbeyond. 

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Welcome to our first LOCATION SPECIAL episode of season 2! We are so excited to broadcast from the forest amongst the birds and fairies to bring you a tale of a cursed diamond from India. How are French Kings, the Titanic, and horse racing all connected? You'll have to tune in to see. We may even have a special guest star from the woods with exceptionally large feet, no promises, but maybe....

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Ahoy! What does a haunted ghost ship, hungry sirens, water platforms, and insurance fraud all have in common? Come aboard the season one FINALE of Farbeyond to find out. Our episodes are always guaranteed to astound and entertain, and we thank all our listeners for staying strong through the three years it took to produce ten episodes of this enigmatic podcast.

On this episode we delve into the history of the popular fairytale Rapunzel! On this journey we learn that lions are afraid of donkeys and parsley is the most delicious food since sliced bread. Jump into the bizarre backstory of Disney's Tangled with hosts Hope and Isabel for the semi-final episode of season one.

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