alchemy
Sign in to savethumb|15th century depiction of an Ouroboros from the alchemical treatise '' (Zurich, Rheinau 172'').
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- UK legislation.short_title
- Gold and Silver Act 1403
- UK legislation.type
- Act
- UK legislation.parliament
- Parliament of England
- UK legislation.long_title
- It shall be felony to use the craft of multiplication of gold or silver.
- UK legislation.year
- 1404
- UK legislation.citation
- 5 Hen. 4. c. 4
- UK legislation.royal_assent
- 20 March 1404
- UK legislation.commencement
- 14 January 1404
- UK legislation.repealing_legislation
- Royal Mines Act 1688
- UK legislation.status
- repealed
- UK legislation.collapsed
- yes
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- Etymology
- History
- Hellenistic Egypt
- Mythology
- ''Hermetica'' and ''Emerald Tablet''
- Technology
- Philosophy
- Byzantium
- India
- Islamic world
- East Asia
- Medieval Europe
- Renaissance and early modern Europe
- Later modern period
- Women
- Modern historical research
- Core concepts
- Magnum opus
- Modernity
- Esoteric interpretations of historical texts
- Psychology
- Literature
- Science
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Sources used
- Bibliography
- Introductions and textbooks
- Greco-Egyptian alchemy
- Texts
- Studies
- Early modern
- External links
thumb|15th century depiction of an Ouroboros from the alchemical treatise '' (Zurich, Rheinau 172).
Alchemy (from the Arabic word , ) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe. In its Western form, alchemy is first attested in a number of pseudepigraphical texts written in Greco-Roman Egypt during the first few centuries AD. Greek-speaking alchemists often referred to their craft as "the Art" () or "Knowledge" (), and it was often characterised as mystic (), sacred (), or divine ().