The Many Masks of Cagliostro: Alchemist, Trickster, Prophet of Light
Alessandro Cagliostro remains one of the most baffling and controversial figures of the 18th century. Born Giuseppe Balsamo in Sicily, he rose from obscurity to mingle with nobles and royals across Europe as an alchemist, healer, and occultist. For generations, he was dismissed as nothing more than a shameless imposter
