Intro to Alchemy~ The ancient science

Alchemy is both a practise and a philosophy that aims to achieve ultimate wisdom. Alchemy is an ancient science that dealt with transforming virtually anything into whatever the user wanted. The best known goals of the alchemists were to transform common metals into gold and the creation of an "elixir of life" that gave the drinker immortality. The philosopher's stone, or the Master Work, was the key to the alchemists' secrets. This legendary stone was able to turn anything to gold and it produced the elixir of life. Alchemy was thought as a form of sorcery and dates back thousands of years, but it is now known and recognized as basic modern chemistry. Alchemists were the first scientists of the world, and made countless discovery's that they themselves did not fully understand. Alchemy is now a dead science, being replaced by factual sciences such as biology and chemistry, but remains as the bedrock for today's sciences.