But there was also the mystical aspect of alchemy. Through this lens, gold was not just a valuable substance, but held deep spiritual meaning. Gold never tarnishes, and thus was seen as an everlasting ...

Welcome to The Library of Elements: a VR experience devoted to European medieval alchemy. There is no simple definition of alchemy, which, in different forms, has developed independently in India, ...

the mythological bedrock of “paganism”, which we see visualized in alchemy, not only continued but thrived, albeit with meanings that flourished. In esoteric Christianity, this very trust in images ...

While Alchemy deals with the transmutation of inanimate ... as the soul is bound to an object that has no connection to it, ...