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Alchemy has fascinated people for centuries. Through expert interviews and a detailed historical time-line, this documentary argues that Alchemy is not just a quest for wealth or immortality, but a path towards transformation.
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00:05Alchemy is an influential philosophical tradition. Its practitioners have from
00:11antiquity claimed it to be the precursor to profound powers.
00:19Well modern science and alchemy have always been traditionally portrayed as being polar opposites,
00:24but in fact they're not really because they're based on the scientific method. It's just that
00:28one, science looks at things that are out in the material world and they put things under
00:32a microscope, whereas alchemy is putting the soil under a microscope.
00:39I will say that alchemy will play an ever-increasing role in human culture, human science and human
00:46evolution simply because we've only just begun to unlock this latest cupboard of mysteries.
00:59If I could share one insight with the world on alchemy, it would be that it provides a distinct
01:06connection to the divine.
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01:27musical
01:28music
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