Alchemy is a term to describe a chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold. The men of past ages who worked to turn base metals to gold were working to alter the ordinary into the valuable. They were trying to alter immutable universal laws. The physical realm (symbolized by gold) is not fair prosperity. The thoughts that you hold in your intellect are the source of prosperity – the absolute gold. More information: click here