Is alchemy still studied today

Answer 1

Certainly it can be done. It was done for hundreds of years. Now, just to be clear: if you mean "Can you turn lead into gold without several billion dollars worth of equipment and spending more on electrical power alone than the gold is worth" then no, it can't. The science of chemistry is built upon the foundation of what the alchemists discovered by accident when they were trying thousands of different things in the hope of turning lead into gold (or creating a universal solvent, or a couple of other impossible goals).

Answer 2

No. Alchemy was abandoned because it didn't work. Some of the things that did work became chemistry. No one successfully turned lead into gold. Nor did anyone successfully create the philosopher's stone. Alchemy was basically chemistry with a lot of magic thrown into it. The alchemists were sorcerer want to be's. They attempted to conjure spirits, and use spells on chemicals that they believed contained magical properties, all in a vain attempt to convert base metals into something of greater value. Even Isaac Newton, probably the greatest scientific mind of the last 500 years, accomplished nothing in alchemy, even though he experimented with it for decades.

Answer 3

Alchemy was never " used " for the transmutation of base metals into gold, but there might be other things that alchemists did which are still being used today. Though I would assume that chemistry has fully supplanted alchemy.

Answer 4

While alchemy as a mystical philosophy has largely been replaced by modern chemistry, there are still individuals and organizations that study historical alchemical texts for their historical and philosophical significance. Some modern practitioners also incorporate alchemical principles into their spiritual or personal development practices.

Answer 5

Yes though it is aimed more to the mystical aspects of it than it is to the scientific aspects.

Answer 6

no