| Alchemy - definition of Alchemy in Encyclopedia (5213 words) |
 | Alchemy is an early protoscientific practice combining elements of chemistry, physics, astrology, art, semiotics, metallurgy, medicine, mysticism, and religion. |
| Alchemy can be regarded as the precursor of the modern science of chemistry prior to the formulation of the scientific method. |
| Alchemy in the Western world and other locations where it was widely practiced was (and in many cases still is) closely allied and intertwined with traditional Babylonian-Greek style astrology; in numerous ways they were built to complement each other in the search for hidden knowledge. |
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