is alchemy real?

Question

i have read in lots of places that alchemy is real, but it never goes into detail!

is there a book (or at least a website) that elabrates on the art of alchemy!

is there any where i could go or any one i could talk to to learn about it?

Answer 1

Alchemy is indeed real, but not much like what most people think it is. The point is a psychic transformation, not "lead into gold," as the cliche goes. Of course, I'm not certain no alchemist ever did a con involving lead into gold for the sake of financing his researches, but the real research is not about transmutation of metals, but of the soul.

And the reason you can't find much about it is that it is very, very secret. I only know a little bit about it myself, and what I do know, I could not tell anyone. I was sworn to secrecy.

Answer 2

The grand objects of alchemy were (1) the discovery of a process by which the baser metals might be transmuted into gold or silver; (2) the discovery of an elixir by which life might be prolonged indefinitely; and there may be added (3), the manufacture of and artificial process of human life.

THE THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF ALCHEMY: The first objects were to be achieved as follows: The transmutation of metals was to be accomplished by a powder, stone or elixir often called the Philosopher`s Stone, the application of which would effect the transmutation of the baser metals into gold or silver, depending upon the length of time of its
application. Basing their conclusions on a profound examination of natural processes and research into the secrets of nature, the alchemists arrived at the axiom that nature was divided philosophically into four principal regions, the dry, the moist, the warm, the cold,whence all that exists must be derived. Nature is also divisible into the male and the female. She is the divine breath, the central fire, invisible yet ever active, and is typified by sulphur, which is the mercury of the sages, which slowly fructifies under the genial warmth of nature.

Answer 3

I'm going to have to say no, they are not real. My house is haunted (or I am haunted - whichever) and I experience a lot of paranormal activity in my home with very little consistency. In other words, I can have several weeks of occurrences happening and then a time of nothing happening. There's no real consistency to speak of, so to think that these people can come into a home in a matter of a few days and get so much proof is hard to believe. Spirits do not care about cameras or budgets and will only shown themselves when they want to. Ghosts are a little different, they are more residual hauntings, such as every December 10th at such and such time a ghost will appear down the stairs and etc, etc. They are not so much intelligent hauntings as they are a "video" recorded in time that manifests at that same time, day, etc. As for people who do not believe in spirits or ghosts, that's fine. Some of us, though, are more sensitive to the unseen world then others and are able to see, communicate and live with spirits.

Answer 4

Alchemy is the accept basis of chemistry today, and was the acceped science of its day.

"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 all as parts of one greater force. Alchemy has been practiced in Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Persia, India, and China, in Classical Greece and Rome, in the 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."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy

That's a good place to start, although I recomend trying a library next!

Answer 5

Alchemy is very real, in that it exists as a subject of study and practice among many people.

That's not exactly the same thing as saying that alchemy actually works.

Early alchemists laid the groundwork for modern chemistry, so to that degree it indeed "worked"as far as that goes.

Theoretically if you could tear the atomic structure of an element apart into electrons / neutrons / protons and rearrange it you could transform one substance (lead) into another substance (gold for instance), but doing that with the energies and procedures you could develop at your kitchen table would be difficult indeed.

Your mileage of course may vary. Good Luck.

Answer 6

Alchemy just means chemistry, so yes it is real.

If by alchemy you mean turning other elements into gold, it has only ever been managed with one other element. Since that element is platinum (more valuble than gold) and the process cost more than the gold produced was worth, it has no practical use at all.

Answer 7

Many medieval alchemists based their philosophies on mystical traditions rooted in the Kabbala (Jewish mysticism), Hermetic magic and the occult practices of ancient civilizations such as Egypt and China.

Some have viewed the Hermetic tradition as a form of Egyptian-based gnosticism.

Answer 8

The ancient alchemists knew how to reduce gold to the monoatomic state, and also knew how to make batteries, so it obviously wasn't all fake.

http://levity.com/alchemy/

Answer 9

Eh, who knows? I don't have the patience or love of word games to try deciphering codes and figuring out what is meant to be a material recipe, and what is meant to be shaping of energies, and what is meant to be philosophical.