Alchemy is an ancient term which included all manner of things we would consider strange today. However the most important sciences to develop from alchemy was chemistry. So if you are doing chemistry you are doing alchemy.
The earliest forms of alchemy may have been around for well over 2,500 years and is still practiced today whether in the classical term alchemy or in the fields it gave birth to or influenced which...
Alchemy was abandoned because it didn't work. Some of the things that did work became chemistry. No one successfully turned lead into gold. Nor did anyone successfully create the philosopher's stone....
Alchemy was a quasi-science that centered on the inherent powers of the four elements: fire, water, earth, and air. The idea was that varying combinations of these 4 basic common materials would...
Its easy! You can decide what a certain type of matter is by its characteristics. In alchemy, matter is made up of either earth, wind, fire, water. Alchemists can generally make things up such as the...