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Alchemy originated in Greco-Roman Egypt and was practiced throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia as an ancient philosophical and proto-scientific tradition. Alchemists attempted to purify materials and achieve various goals like transforming base metals into noble metals like gold, creating an elixir of immortality, developing universal solvents, and perfecting the human soul and body. Their work was guided by Hermetic principles and they developed basic laboratory techniques and terminology that are still use
- Author
- Amy Wilberforce
- Language
- EN