Victor's Discovery of Alchemy

While on a family trip, Victor discovers a volume of Cornelius Agrippa. He becomes fascinated by the old alchemists, despite his father's dismissal of them as 'sad trash.' This encounter ignites his passion for forbidden knowledge and sets him on a path that will lead to his ruin. He devours the works of Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus, dreaming of discovering the elixir of life and the philosopher's stone.