Alchemy is NOT Satanic. It’s really quite holy, it its way. One must be both physically and morally pure to unlock her secrets; one doesn’t seek to refine base metal into gold for monetary gain, one does it because gold is the metal closest to God (well, you can still TRY to do it to make a buck, but it won’t work).
I always understood alchemy to be just basically old chemistry. Alchemists knew how to mix certain things to get a certain result. Certainly nothing Satanic about that.
Alchemy falls somewhere between magic and science. It assigned spiritual/philosophical properties to the various substances it dealt with, in an attempt to understand higher Truths. Of course, the end result of alchemical experimentation might uncover some useful surprises.
Presumably if you found the process by which you could turn base metal into gold, you could also apply it to base humans and thereby return Mankind to the Perfect State of prelapsarian Adam and Eve.
There are people who see Satan in anything they don’t agree with.
Alchemy is just chemistry without the scientific method. Alchemists discovered four new elements in 1700 years (Arsenic, Antimony, Phosphorus and Zinc); in the next 100 years, 41 were discovered.
Edcole1961 over 13 years ago
A better topic would be Isaac Newton and his passion with alchemy.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 13 years ago
I find when I can’t sleep, I often say the rosary and it is quite soothing to me.
fritzoid Premium Member over 13 years ago
Alchemy is NOT Satanic. It’s really quite holy, it its way. One must be both physically and morally pure to unlock her secrets; one doesn’t seek to refine base metal into gold for monetary gain, one does it because gold is the metal closest to God (well, you can still TRY to do it to make a buck, but it won’t work).
bossyheifer over 13 years ago
I always understood alchemy to be just basically old chemistry. Alchemists knew how to mix certain things to get a certain result. Certainly nothing Satanic about that.
fritzoid Premium Member over 13 years ago
Alchemy falls somewhere between magic and science. It assigned spiritual/philosophical properties to the various substances it dealt with, in an attempt to understand higher Truths. Of course, the end result of alchemical experimentation might uncover some useful surprises.
Presumably if you found the process by which you could turn base metal into gold, you could also apply it to base humans and thereby return Mankind to the Perfect State of prelapsarian Adam and Eve.
runar over 13 years ago
There are people who see Satan in anything they don’t agree with.
Alchemy is just chemistry without the scientific method. Alchemists discovered four new elements in 1700 years (Arsenic, Antimony, Phosphorus and Zinc); in the next 100 years, 41 were discovered.
gamrobi over 13 years ago
ouch!