Alchemy is generally understood as an art whose end is the transmutation of metals such as lead into gold, by means of a substance called the Philosopher's Stone; but even from a purely physical standpoint, this is a somewhat superficial view. Alchemy is both a spiritual philosophy and an experimental science: the transmutation of metals was an end only inasmuch as this would verify the alchemistic hypothesis. Alchemy is the attempt to demonstrate and accomplish by experiment on the material plane the validity of a certain philosophical view of the Cosmos: the all pervading presence of Spirit in Nature—Spiritualizing the Material and Materializing the Spiritual.

Guest Editor: Bro. Daniel Rivera, PM

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