The Alchemyst Allusions and Cultural References

When authors give shout outs to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.

Literary and Philosophical References

The Book of Abraham the Mage (4.42)
The Book of Abraham the Mage (4.42)
England in the Age of Elizabeth (4.34)
Nicholas Flamel, A Summary of Philosophy (20.10)
J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings (3.20)
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (9.5)
Charles Dickens, The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (1.29)
William Shakespeare, Hamlet (10.51)
William Shakespeare, The Tempest (10.52)
King Arthur (26.46)
Hekate (character referenced throughout) (13.54)
Bastet (character referenced throughout) (16.13)
The Witch of Endor (character referenced throughout) (30.89)
The Morrigan (character referenced throughout) (11.24)
Scathach (character referenced throughout) (7.66)

The Great Fire of London, 1666 (5.63)
Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Dr. Polidori visit a castle in Switzerland in 1816 and compose scary stories, from which would emerge Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Polidori's "The Vampyre". (9.5)
Watson and Crick discover DNA, 1953 (11.39)
Leonardo da Vinci (20.15)
Dr. John Dee, b. 1527 (character referenced throughout) (4.35)
Ireland's Great Famine, 1840s (5.68)
Nicholas Flamel, b. 1330 (character referenced throughout) (4.39)
Perenelle Flamel, b.1320 (character referenced throughout) (4.39)
King Nebuchadnezzar (36.9)
Alcatraz (10.80)
The Taylor Trail, dinosaur footprints next to human footprints in the same piece of stone (10.42)
Methuselah Tree (15.23)

Lacrimosa (1.4)
Amorphis (1.4)
The New York Times Sunday Magazine (7.2)
FOAF, "friend of a friend" (7.2)
The X-Files theme (6.10)
Candid Camera (19.8)
Ojai Valley News (40.2)
Ojai Online (40.3)
David Copperfield (5.15)
Quake (5.13)
Doom (5.13)
Unreal Tournament (5.13)
Myst (5.13)
The Simpsons (5.13)
Shrek (5.13)
Batman (5.13)
X-Men (5.13)
Superman (5.13)
National Geographic (1.11)
James Bond, 007 (20.7)
Groucho Marx (30.17)
Green Day (30.17)
Lamb (30.17)
Dido (30.17)
Peter Gabriel (30.17)
Genesis (30.17)
Pink Floyd (30.17)
Mike Oldfield (30.17)
Brian Eno (30.17)
Titanic (33.39)