Who can tell me more about alchemy and i dont mean changing metals into gold...?

Question

I mean who can tell me more about the symbols and the artwork that affects your mind subconsiously and why was alchemy such a cover up and watererd down for only the elite to know to much about...

Answer 1

Alchemy is real, I can asure you that. It's as real as science or chemestry ever were. It should also never be catorigized with wichcraft, as the two have absolutly nothing in common. There are no "magic words" in alchemy, there are no "mystic potions" in alchemy. Alchemy is also not evil, as some might think. Those rumors, I'm sorry to say, were created by the roman cathlic church in the early 16th century.

England was running low on gold to make coins, so alchemists tried to help. Using a procedure that was lost in the burnings of librarys to follow, alchemists would take a small amount of gold, mix it with other metals and minerals, and create more gold than they started with. The church, worried that this way to make gold would hurt there economy, demed alchemy as demonic and burned hundreds of alchemists at the stake, along with importand alchemical texts in the burning of librarys stated previously.

Alchemy was not demonic, it was simply a way to speed up nature. If you're a bit sceptical, think of this: If a chunck of coal is left in the ground long enough, it becomes dimond. Alchemy was used to speed up this process, mostly through the use of tintuctures.

But alchemy's not the kind of stuff you see on Full Metal Alchemist. Alchemy isn't about clapping your hands, watching a magical light, then re-shaping things. In short, it's purifing things through fire, through the art of distilation.

You might have also heard some stuff about the Phlisopher's Stone on Full Metal, but again, they messed up the facts big time. The Phlosaphers Stone was, in midevil times, believed to be a combination of distilled mecury and sulphur, to a point which it could not be purified any further. It was said to be a substance so pure, it would pass on it's purity to anything it touched. Base metals would become gold (thought to be the purist substance in existance then) and prolong the human life indefinatly.

I'm not saying not to watch Full Metal Alchemist, just don't believe everything you see on tv. If you have any further questions on alchemy or need more about the symbology of alchemy, here's a link to the website of a well-funded coumpany devoted to the study of alchemy.

http://www.levity.com/alchemy/index.html
WARNING: If you are to atempt any of the alchemic recipies in these archives, you MUST have a proper alchemy lab. I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH!

Answer 2

Some people believe that Alchemy wasn't actually turning lead into gold, but rather symbolism for human development. One would turn ones soul to gold from lead. Other than that, Alchemy tended to be the precursor of modern Chemistry.

Answer 3

Did you know it's now known as Chemistry?(the transmutation of base elements, not always to make 'gold') They took the 'AL' from it to make it more acceptable to the public. It's one of the very few Occult sciences that gained mainstream recognition. You can get books about it and everything!

It was FAR from being an elitist practice too!

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Answer 4

for as i nkow alchemy was all about turning any metal into gold but why don't you google it