serious answers only please!?

Question

what is Alchemy? what is a good book or web site where i can learn it from?

Answer 1

levity.com/alchemy - it will give the diverse explanation and list the author of many books along with other sites you can access regarding the subject.

Answer 2

Alchemy is like a science. People who study alchemy believe they can turn metal into gold or that they can make a stone that will keep you alive forever. A good idea would to be to search it by using: What is Alchemy and where did it come from. If not then you could get answers like full metal alchemist. If you have the first Harry Potter book on hand look in it. When they talk about the soccerors stone (which is was a real stone that people did try to make long before Rowling wrote the book.) It should give you a small exmaple.

Answer 3

In the history of science, alchemy refers to both an early form of the investigation of nature and an early philosophical and spiritual discipline, both combining elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astrology, semiotics, mysticism, spiritualism, and art. Alchemy has been practiced in Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Persia, India, and China, in Classical Greece and Rome, in Muslim civilization, and then in Europe up to the 19th century—in a complex network of schools and philosophical systems spanning at least 2500 years.

Western alchemy has always been closely connected with Hermeticism, a philosophical and spiritual system that traces its roots to Hermes Trismegistus, a syncretic Egyptian-Greek deity and legendary alchemist. These two disciplines influenced the birth of Rosicrucianism, an important esoteric movement of the seventeenth century. In the course of the early modern period, as mainstream alchemy evolved into modern chemistry, its mystic and Hermetic aspects became the focus of a modern spiritual alchemy, where material manipulations are viewed as mere symbols of spiritual transformations.

Today, the discipline is of interest mainly to historians of science and philosophy, and for its mystic, esoteric, and artistic aspects. Nevertheless, alchemy was one of the main precursors of modern sciences, and many substances and processes of ancient alchemy continue to be the mainstay of modern chemical and metallurgical industries.

Although alchemy takes on many forms, in pop culture it is most often cited in stories, films, and games as the process used to change lead (or other elements) into gold.

Answer 4

It sounds silly, but once I was bored and searched for Nicholas Flamel (from Harry Poter) and I found a TON of sites that go into mindnumbling scientific explanations, formulas and all that good stuff. If you can muddle through the jargen, good luck!

Answer 5

Here u go visit this link www.levity.com/alchemy/index.html and it will tell u exactly what alchemy is how learn how to practice it.

Answer 6

Lots of good books out there. I would recommend you start at:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
They have almost everything you can think of on HTML. From there go to a good used book store because you find your going to read about 100 or more books so don't pay full price.
I've been studying this now for about 4 yrs. Email me if you want.

Answer 7

alchemy means combinations of different ores to make an object

Answer 8

http://www.levity.com/alchemy/images_s.html

Answer 9

it is chemistry and mysticism mixes together. a term to describe the early years of science and medacine.

Answer 10

a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times