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I'm Levy Dalton.

I'm Erin Scala and here's our show today. Oh, chemistry views state changes through the scientific method rather than

through morally charged interpretations.

While at Alchemy's center was the idea that ennoble and basic materials could transform

into better states, lead into gold, spices and fruits into spirits that could heal.

The ability to transform corrupted imperfect materials

into unflawed and perfect materials often had double meanings and alluded that people could also go from imperfect states to states of Enlightenment and even immortality.

Alchemy finds its roots in Egyptian metallurgy, and throughout history has had its ups and downs in the public eye.

In the early 100s, alchemist ideas co-existed with several religious ideologies.

But by the 1200's early writers of literature, Dante and Chaucer, depicted alchemists as thieves and liars. But by the 1600s, a few

founders of modern science, including Boyle and Isaac Newton, were heavily

interested in alchemy.

Alchemy was slightly interwoven with religion,

and several alchemists of this period believed that certain concoctions

could facilitate communication with angels.

And during the Renaissance, many rich patrons employed alchemists for chemicals, medicines, and mining operations.

One goal of alchemy was to find an elixir that could yield eternal life or immortality,

and several recipes for alcohol-based medicines still survive today.

Making brandy and steeping spices and fruits in it, sometimes

being re-distilled, made all sorts of flavored spirits that were meant to

alleviate this or that ailment. Distillation was seen as a means of purification of turning an imperfect item

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