Alchemy

Alchemy explores the transformations of the 1970s, when vision, community, and friendship began to fuse into a new Buddhist culture. From New Zealand living rooms to Norfolk cottages, fire-damaged London buildings to Scottish retreats, Sangharakshita’s personal friendships and working relationships became catalysts for experiments in living, teaching, and creating together. Through struggle, imagination, and laughter, the film reveals how raw materials of ordinary life were turned into something luminous: a sangha finding its form. 1970-1988