Uses, see Alchemy (disambiguation).In the history of science, alchemy (from the Arabic الخيمياء al-khÄ«miyÄ' [1]) refers to both an early form of the investigation of nature and an early philosophical and spiritual discipline, both combining elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astrology, semiotics, mysticism, spiritualism, and art all as parts of one greater force. Alchemy has been practiced in Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Persia, India, Japan, Korea and China, in Classical Greece and Rome, in the Muslim civilizations, and then in Europe up to the 19th century—in a complex network of schools and philosophical systems spanning at least 2500 years.Hermetic Religion Hermetism · Hermeticism Mythology Hermes Trismegistus · Thoth · Poimandres Hermetica Corpus Hermeticum · Kybalion Three Parts of the Wisdom of the Whole Universe Alchemy · Astrology · Theurgy Influence and Influences Hermetic Movements Rosicrucianism · Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn Topics in Hermetism Qabalah Hermetists and Hermeticists Aleister Crowley · Israel Regardie ThÄbit ibn Qurra · Paracelsus Giordano Bruno · Manly P. Hall Hermetism Portal
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