Magical

The elderly Arab lady who ran the restored Casa Mudehar, emboldened by my ability to understand her French, (for she was originally from Morocco I hazard,) persuaded me to buy a ticket for her new venture, the "Al Iksir" or museum of Alchemy, the arts of material transmutation concealing the secrets of spiritual transformation.
What I found was a modern transformation of an ancient house backing onto the city walls of the Juderia and I was much taken by the designs.
- the entrance with a glass covered pool fed by water falling through boxes
- the hanging garden
- the tree of life
- earth, fire and water sculpture
- view of the city from the rooftop terrace
and finally and not least, the source of all the magic, Empsted Dispensing Chymists, Grand Parade, St. Leonards-on-Sea.Read more