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Alchemy 250 Words
Alchemy (also known as Divine Chemistry) is the study of turning

regular old common metals into gold and achieving healthy long

lasting life. This chemistry started back in medieval times and has

been studied since. Today scientist’s that study alchemy are known

as alchemists, but back in medieval times they were known as

wizards, magic makers, sorcerers, ect.

. . .

The curious and mysterious science of Alchemy has

stirred the imagination of many people throughout the ages.

In Alchemy everything is composed of three parts:

Sulpher (the soul or individualized essence), Mercury (the life

force), and salt (the physical body).

The art of Alchemy developed most of it’s most

fascinating ideas in the West. By combining ideas from Egypt,

Babylonia, Greece, Hebrew, China, and Arabia they were able to

finally develop the method to turn a base metal into gold. It is the work of the alchemist

to separate and recombine these three basic principles as often as

necessary until in prefect proportion and harmony with each other. China and India

both have highly developed laboratory alchemical traditions that

have been practiced very strictly since the beginnings.

Whether or not anyone has actually turned metal into gold is still a

challenging mystery to me. ed with being the home of alchemy, and

its god Thoth, or Hermes in his Greek incarnation, being the father

of Alchemy, other lands have contributed as well.

When these three principle’s are correctly mixed together with

another substance such as wine, water or something of that nature a

physical object or ‘stone’ is created to achieve the alchemy.

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