Alchemy Ancient and Modern
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781564591432
Subjects: Religion: general; Spirituality - General; Alternate Spirituality; Philosophy; Magick Studies
First sentence: 1. Alchemy is generally understood to have been that art whose end was the transmutation of the so-called base metals into gold by means of an ill-defined something called the Philosopher's Stone; but even from a purely physical standpoint, this is a somewhat superficial view.