'The History of Alchemy'

'Whether regarded as a skill or philosophy, chemistry provided the beginnings for chemistry and the primer for modern testing ground techniques. Alchemists believed that the secrets of nature could be revealed through testing ground experimentation and inquiry and they successfully revealed many a nonher(prenominal) of those secrets. interpersonal chemistry is define as the ferment of taking something medium and turning it into something extraordinary, sometimes in a way that can non be explained. (YourDictionary.com) This definition, though true, does not encompass every that interpersonal chemistry is approximately. chemistry also knobbed the idea of transforming singles spirit. If one could learn how to cleanse gold, one could employment the technique to sublimate the human thought (Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & jokek).\nAlchemy first create independently in both Egypt and China. In China, the creators of interpersonal chemistry were Taoist monk s. Consequently, Chinese interpersonal chemistry was based on Taoist beliefs and uses. Wei Po-Yang is attribute with the foundation of Chinese interpersonal chemistry. The Chinese basal(a) goal of alchemy was not the switch of base metals into gold. When alchemy began in China, the forge for gold was not yet a word in the Chinese language. The primary goal of Chinese alchemy was to utter the elixir of life, a substance that when ingested, brings perfect(a) life. In Chinese alchemy forge techniques were practiced with the aim of manipulating ones life king and prolonging life. Minerals and plants were also ingested for the analogous purpose. Alchemy banquet to India from China. The Indians practiced alchemy in the same fashion as the Chinese ( The dissembling and Myth of Alchemy).\nBy around the quaternate century BCE in Egypt, there was a basic practice of alchemy in place. It was practiced by the priestly class. Alexandria was the sharpen of alchemical knowledge. most(prenominal) information about early alchemy in Egypt has been unconnected due to their library in Alexandria creation burned when the Christians invaded. (The Magic and... '