How did Alchemy work?

July 25, 2025 209729 Views

Scientists at CERN recently transmuted lead into gold thus achieving one of the long-sought after aims of the Alchemists. But, given that chemical transmutation of metals is impossible, just what was going on in the crucibles of ancient alchemy? Let’s explore the history and science behind alchemical transmutation to better understand just how ingenious the alchemists really were.

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Lead to Gold at CERN – https://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.111.054906

Recommended Readings:

Linden – The Alchemy Reader
https://amzn.to/3VUhamt

Principe – The Secrets of Alchemy
https://amzn.to/3vSUOqy

Newman – Newton the Alchemist
https://amzn.to/3VK513l

Rampling – The Experimental Fire: Inventing English Alchemy, 1300–1700
https://amzn.to/3VTzlZu

Zuber – Spiritual Alchemy
https://amzn.to/43Qfmg7

Weeks – Paracelsus: Speculative Theory & the Crisis of the Early Reformation
https://amzn.to/3PVbyEG

Paracelsus: Essential Readings
https://amzn.to/43QUSUu

Abraham – A Dictionary of Alchemical Imagery
https://amzn.to/3xt3Xqx

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