The Alchemist Allusions

Literary and Philosophical References

• Boris Pasternak Dr. Zhivago (1.73-74, 1.80-82, 2.99)
• The Bible (2.112-13)
• A Thousand and One Nights (2.223)
• Joseph of Egypt (2.347-48, 2.390)
• Matthew 8:8 (2.726)

Biblical and Historical References

• Melchizedek (1.97-99, 1.108, 1.187-89)
• Urim and Thummim (1.168, 1.227-30, 2.69-72, 2.103-13, Epilogue.8)
• Abraham (1.187)
• Santiago Matamoros (2.363)
• Mohammed the prophet (2.264)
• Fatima, Mohammed's daughter (2.264)