Like astrology, knowledge of alchemy filtered into medieval Europe through Moorish centres of learning in Spain. |
Witness their enthusiasm for UFOs as opposed to scientific cosmology, for alchemy instead of chemistry, for urban legends instead of hard news. |
Newton devoted long years of research to the ancient mysteries of alchemy and how base metals could be turned into gold. |
I turned the photograph and looked at it, as though it might have changed through some process of mischief or alchemy. |
Green Magick uses more trees and plants, while Red Magick uses alchemy and astrology for its references. |
The Goddess also figures prominently in alchemy in its concern with primal matter, the primal matrix from which all else may be transmuted. |