![]() Josh Schrei: The Crucible Gone Cold: Modern Yoga, Christianity, and the Practice of Individual Transformation Josh Schrei 2010 The core of alchemy is summarized by the phrase "as above, so below," or "here on earth as it is in heaven." The Way of the Fertile Soul Randine Lewis 2007 The Taoist sages used rituals that raised their vibratory level to create changes in the world, which they called alchemy. The botanical name, alchemilla, is derived from the word alchemy, because the herbs in this family are believed to bring about miraculous cures.Įarl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008 Once the alchemy is there, a writer can usually work swiftly and efficiently, avoiding many writing pitfalls and completing the book in less time than (s) he expected it to take.īefore You Write « Articles « Literacy News 2009 noun the way two individuals relate to each other.noun a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times.noun computing, slang, countable Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.noun countable The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.noun uncountable The ancient search for a universal panacea, and of the philosopher's stone, that eventually developed into chemistry.noun Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.noun obsolete A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils hence, a trumpet.noun An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc.noun Formerly, a mixed metal used for utensils, a modification of brass: so called because believed to have been originally formed by the art of alchemy hence, an imitation, as alchemy was supposed to be of brass: used figuratively by Milton for a trumpet.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.noun Any magical or mysterious power or process of transmuting or transforming.noun Medieval chemistry the doctrines and processes of the early and medieval chemists in particular, the supposed process, or the search for the process, by which it was hoped to transmute the baser metals into gold.noun A seemingly magical power or process of transmuting. ![]() ![]() noun A medieval chemical philosophy having as its asserted aims the transmutation of base metals into gold, the discovery of the panacea, and the preparation of the elixir of longevity.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. ![]()
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