27 novembro 2009

Melquíades - José Arcadio Buendía

Fulcanelli (1839 – 1953?) is a pseudonym of a late 19th century French Alchemist and author whose identity is still unknown. Much mystery surroundshis life and works – leading to him being branded a cultural phenomenon. One of the more extravagant tales retells how his devoted pupil (Eugene Canseliet) successfully transformed 100 grams of lead into gold with the use of a small quantity of “Projection Powder” given to him by his teacher.

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According to Canseliet, his last encounter with Fulcanelli happened in 1953, when he went to Spain and was taken to a castle high in the mountains for a rendezvous with his former master. Canseliet had known Fulcanelli as an old man in his 80s but now the Master had grown younger: he was a man in his 50s. The reunion was brief and Fulcanelli once again disappeared leaving no trace of his whereabouts. At this time, Fulcanelli would have been 114 years old.

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É ao mesmo tempo uma desilusão e uma surpresa, ter encontrado os putativos Melquíades e José Arcadio Buendia do mundo físico, fora do realismo mágico construído em "Cem Anos de Solidão". O meu fascínio permanece intacto apesar de, ao que parece, existir gente que consegue transformar chumbo em ouro. Com ou sem estojos de alquimía.


"Muitos anos depois, diante do pelotão de fuzilamento, o coronel Aureliano Buendía haveria de recordar aquela tarde remota em que o pai o levou a conhecer o gelo."

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