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Definition of Alchemy

Alchemy An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry. A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet. Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious. Related Definitions: Aimed, An, Art, Brass, Chemistry, Common, Composed, Find, For, Formerly, Gold, Hence, Imaginary, Into, It, Led, Mainly, Metal, Miraculous, Mixed, Modern, Of, Or, Panacea, Power, Precious, Remedy, Something, The, To, Transmute, Transmuting, Trumpet, Universal, Used, Various, Way, Which

Alchemy Quotations Alchemy is the art of far and near, and I think poetry is alchemy in that way. It's delightful to distort size, to see something that's tiny as though it were vast. Robert Morgan The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy. Francis Ford Coppola Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines. Paracelsus Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision. Henry A. Kissinger Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the past, the physicain should not be influenced by such judgements. Paracelsus

Alchemy Translations alchemy in French is alchimie alchemy in Swedish is alkemi

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