AlchemyAlchemy (Arabic:al-kimia) (Hebrew:אלכימיה al-himia) is both a philosophy and a pseudoscientific practice with an aim of achieving ultimate wisdom as well as immortality, involving the improvement of the alchemist as well as the making of several substances described as possessing unusual properties. The practical aspect of alchemy generated the basics of modern inorganic chemistry, namely concerning procedures, equipment and the identification and use of many current substances.The fundamental ideas of alchemy are said to have arisen in the ancient Persian Empire. Alchemy has been practiced in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia (today's Iran), India, China, Japan, Korea and in Classical Greece and Rome, in the Muslim civilizations, and then in Europe up to the 20th century—in a complex network of schools and philosophical systems spanning at least 2500 years.EtymologyAlchemy, generally, derives from the Old French alkemie; from the Arabic al-kimia: 'the art of transformation.'

The Theory and Practice of Alchemy. The preparation of the alcahest or universal solvent, which dissolved every substance which was immersed in it. The stages of the alchemical processes can be traced in the lives and activities of nearly all the world Saviors and teachers, and also among the mythologies of several nations. Alchemy Alchemy (Arabic:al-kimia) (Hebrew:אלכימיה al-himia) is both a philosophy and a pseudoscientific practice with an aim of achieving ultimate wisdom as well as immortality, involving the improvement of the alchemist as well as the making of several substances described as possessing unusual properties.

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Some scholars believe the Arabs borrowed the word chimia ('χημεία') from Greek for transmutation.