Heute wird die Alchemie nur noch in Form der Hermetik in diversen esoterischen und Okkulten Kreisen hoch gehalten. Wobei auch immer wieder Einflüsse der Tabula Smaragdina in Lebenshilfe und Psychologie zu finden sind.

Alchemie ist eine sehr alte Naturwissenschaft, die erst im 17./18. Jahrhundert, durch die moderne Chemie und Pharmakologie, in der Wissenschaft abgelöst wurde.

Die Basis der europäisch-arabischen Alchemie bildet die Tabula Smaragdina, die auch in der Hermetik Anwendung findet. Grob wiedergegeben beinhaltet sie, dass Stoffe per Transmutation in andere Stoffe umgewandelt werden kann.

Es geht in der Alchemie nicht nur um die Erschaffung von Gold oder dem Stein der Weisen wie fälschlicherweise oft behauptet, sondern auch um Heilmittel, Lösemittel und neue Werkstoffe. Ausserdem ist der Philosophische Aspekt der Menschlichen Transmutation zu berücksichtigen.

In der Alchemie besteht Materie aus Eigenschaften und Prinzipien (Aristotelischer Hylemorphismus). Diese können entfernt und/oder zugefügt werden, wodurch ein Stoff in einen anderen umgewandelt wird.

Alchemisten haben unter anderem das Porzellan und das Schwarzpulver entdeckt. Auch der erste Phosphoreszenz Farbstoff ist der Alchemie zuzuschreiben.

Opus Magnum, das große Werk befasst sich mit der vollständigen Transmutation. Dabei ist die Umwandlung von Blei in Gold oder die Schaffung des Steins der Weisen Metaphorisch für die Umwandlung des Unwissenden Menschen in den Wissenden zu sehen. Abgebildet wird der Prozess in der Hermetik.

Der Prozess der Transmutation folgte zuerst der Element Lehre, später wird aus den vier Stufen eine Trinität, als Nachbildung der göttlichen Teilung in Vater Sohn und Heiliger Geist. Im Laufe der Zeit wurde die Philosophie komplexer und Verband Elemente und Trinität zu einem sieben stufigen Prozess.

Paracelsus plädierte für die Herstellung von Arzneimitteln anstelle der Suche nach Gold. Er nennt diesen Bereich der Alchemie Spagyrik und begründet damit die Anfänge der Arzeneimil

Die chinesische Alchemie befasst sich, im Gegensatz zur europäisch-arabischen, in erster Linie mit der Suche nach der Unsterblichkeit. Das Alchemische Experiment und Ritual ist dabei ein Teil des Ganzen, unterstützt wird sie durch asketische Übungen, Körperbeherrschung und Meditation.

Die Bedeutung der Alchemie für uns liegt zum einen in der Vorläuferrolle moderner Naturwissenschaften aber der Philosophie. Besonders Deutlich wird das im Bereich der Chinesischen Medizin, in der wir heute noch Ideen und Verfahren der Spagyrik finden.

It doesn't matter what you do for 45 minutes, it's what you do the last three minutes.

One day my wife went and saw the accountant and said she's pulling the plug. She said you guys are done. I said, how bad can it be? 10 grand? She said you're not even close. It came out to almost $50,000 in alcohol for two months.

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.

When any system has for its goal the advancement of the system over the betterment of its individual members such a system is embedded in slavery.

I'm not as good a singer as I am an actor. So that's why I - the stories I like so much is because I've been a story teller for a long time. I started as a singer and found out I didn't have a very good voice. That's the reason I went into acting.

Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing. Somebody who claims to speak for the 'hood don't need no private jet.

WikiLeaks, God bless them, will save lives as a result of their actions.

I wrote an episode for 'thirtysomething,' and a producer said, 'That's really good, but what is it about? What does it say about you? What questions are you asking yourself?' I had never thought about that. This comment changed who I was, because it made me look at my own soul, the dark corners in my soul, and accept that dark side.

Acknowledgment of grief - well, it makes feeling the grief easier, not harder.

The right is ours. Have it we must. Use it we will.

Women empowerment does not mean you create complex among men. Then it will take 20 more years to empower men. It is all about evolving as a soul, as a human being. It does not mean that you become a sexist.

I think what should be celebrated about our campaign is we have over 3 million people who have contributed to our campaign - teachers, firefighters, nurses, retirees. They're making up the backbone of this field organization in the country.

Certainty is the enemy of change.

At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction.

Imagination is a very potent thing, and in the uneducated often usurps the place of genuine experience.

It wasn't until after private lessons and learning bass lines that I even noticed bass in the music I was listening to at that age. My ears were blown wide open.

It takes me a long time to get with a landscape. It took me 20 years before I wrote anything about Ibiza, and I haven't written about Oregon yet, although I've been there 20 years - possibly I'm almost due.

I've had to learn that not everybody does things my way. But I do expect the absolute best of everyone around me, and I'm disappointed when people don't expect that of themselves.

Being humble doesnt mean you lose it means you have won. Give the victory to others.

Obviously there are not too many people who get a chance to play in the Olympics in their hometown. That would be something special, but going into the summer you have to be realistic with yourself, and health-wise and motivation-wise you have to be willing to do what it takes.

I was always musical - yelling when I was a baby, singing into a brush and singing in the shower.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people; to focus your energies on answers – not excuses.

I'm very realistic in my outlook on everything in life. When I look ahead in my mind to see what's going to happen next, I see the good and I see the bad.

I always think it's important to choose your initial theme very carefully because you're going to be married to it for a long time. You might have to generate an hour's worth of music from a very short, little piece of theme.