When they say that alchemists were motivated by a thirst for profit, they are talking nonsense. These are profanations that have nothing to do with Alchemy, how many alchemists died from explosions, how many were poisoned by poisonous gases, no one would risk going in search of the Stone if its only ability was the transmutation of metals. But the alchemist who makes the Philosopher's Stone also receives the Elixir of Life. This is the soul of alchemy

Observation and application, two sides of a single cognitive activity, gave rise to two opposing sciences, the science of transformation and the science of transmutation, science for humanity and science for Man—chemistry and alchemy. Chemistry is seen as the earthly body of alchemy, the rest of which is hidden behind the veil of heaven. Alchemists shrouded the process of stone production in a shroud of mystery, because it not only turns metals into gold, but also performs the spiritual transformation of a person from a state of earthly impurity to heavenly perfection

Alchemy, like all magical sciences and arts, is based on the assumption of the unity of everything in the Universe. The basis of unity was discovered in a substance they called primordial matter, which remains unchanged in all diversity. Primary matter is not matter in the exact sense of the word, it is its possibility

Alchemy is the science of multiplication. It is based on the natural phenomena of growth and development—the processes of increasing and “improving” what already exists. One of the formulas of Alchemy says: “everything is in everything.” What is true in the highest is true in the lowest. If alchemy was a great spiritual fact, then it is also a great material fact