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'''Alchemy''' is the “all-chemistry of God,” which shows how each facet of creation is brought into manifestation in the material world. Alchemy deals with consciously controlling transmutations in Matter and energy, so that man becomes a co-creator with God. | '''Alchemy''' is the “all-chemistry of God,” which shows how each facet of creation is brought into manifestation in the material world. Alchemy deals with consciously controlling transmutations in Matter and energy, so that man becomes a co-creator with God. | ||
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In the East, early Chinese alchemists following the Taoist philosophy sought to understand the way of natural law (''tao'' means “way”). They made use of a “medicine”—a substance which when added to mercury or other metals brought about the alchemy. Gold thus prepared possessed the power of conferring healing or even immortality to anyone who consumed it. As in the West, Chinese alchemy later became mystical and the writings obscure. | In the East, early Chinese alchemists following the Taoist philosophy sought to understand the way of natural law (''tao'' means “way”). They made use of a “medicine”—a substance which when added to mercury or other metals brought about the alchemy. Gold thus prepared possessed the power of conferring healing or even immortality to anyone who consumed it. As in the West, Chinese alchemy later became mystical and the writings obscure. | ||
[[File:Rhazes, Arab physician and alchemist, in hi Wellcome V0018133.jpg|thumb|upright|Rhazes, Arab physician and alchemist, in his laboratory at Baghdad]] | |||
== The Arabic world == | == The Arabic world == | ||
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In the light of the Holy Spirit, Ascended Master Saint Germain teaches his disciples in the twentieth century “spiritual alchemy,” which is the science of self-transformation. | In the light of the Holy Spirit, Ascended Master Saint Germain teaches his disciples in the twentieth century “spiritual alchemy,” which is the science of self-transformation. | ||
[[File:Vessel and furnace. Wellcome L0047981.jpg|thumb|Page from a 16th century alchemical text]] | |||
== The legacy of the early alchemists == | == The legacy of the early alchemists == | ||