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Alchemy

For Alchemy we have terms and definitions in 2 topics. The topics are Alternative Health and Taoism.



Alchemy (Alternative Health)

A Hermetic discipline dating back to ancient Egypt that seeks to perfect and heal through the universal operations of transformation. Alchemists transmute matter by working simultaneously on the physical, mental, and spiritual levels of reality. The gold of alchemy is simply hastened perfection - both inner and outer.


Alchemy (Taoism)

(n) in Taoist practice, a set of procedures and principles meant to prolong human life. In Taoism, there were two types of alchemy: Outer Alchemy consisted of the chemical production of elixirs that were meant to be swallowed; Inner Alchemy, however, relied on symbolic meditation to achieve the same end.


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