Zhar-Tsvet

12 hrs. 41 min.

Language Russian

Author Alexander Amfiteatrov

Narrator Dasha Kozhinova

Description

Alexander Amfiteatrov (1862–1938) created the occult novel “Fire-Flower,” inspired by themes of primitive beliefs, the world of dreams, mental disorders, and magic. The book presents novellas connected with the figure of Count Gichovsky, an adventurer and mystic. The legend of the fern flower that grants eternal life and wealth comes to life on the pages, as does the story of a dead lover-suicide who haunts a Moscow banker from beyond the grave. The plot is saturated with the atmosphere of East European myths, alchemy, Masonic secrets, and spiritualistic phenomena.