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ALCHEMY tillnowhasbeen acollective effortoflotsofhumans throughoutthe
entirecivilizationto achieve whatnoman hasachieved till now, some ofthe common goals ofalchemy are

1. Thecreation of themysteriousphilosophers stone

ThePhilosophers stone isthe ultimategoal of alchemy,it issaid thatusing this stone youwill be ableto transform anymetal in togoldor silver orpreciousmetals,it isalso saidthat youcan achieveimmortality ,immortalyouth andlongevity usingthisstone, thisstone will alsoincrease yourConsciousness tolevels far beyondlevels we cantimagine. Thephilosophers stonewas the centralsymbol of themystical terminologyofalchemy,symbolizing perfectionatitsfinest, enlightenment, andheavenly bliss.Efforts to discoverthe philosophers stone wereknownas the Magnum Opus (GreatWork)

2. Development of anelixir of life, which would conferyouth and longevity and which willcheat death and createimmortality

3. The abilityto transform base metals into thenoble metals (gold orsilver).

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people whopractisealchemy are knownasalchemist

alchemy is thescience of understanding thestructure of matter breaking itdown then reconstructing it assomething else it can even makegold from lead it follows thenatural laws to create, somethingof equal value must be lost thisis the principle of equivalentexchange

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Alchemistsdeveloped a framework of theory,terminology, experimental process
and basic laboratorytechniques that are stillrecognizable today Alchemycoversseveral philosophicaltraditionsspanning some fourmillennia andthree continents. These traditionsgeneralliking for cryptic andsymboliclanguage makes it hard totracetheir mutual influences and"genetic" relationships.onecandistinguish at least threemajorstrands, which appear to belargely independent, at least intheir earlier stages