Alchemy and hermetic magic

Answer 1

The alchemists were the first chemists. They mixed chemicals, but also believed that magic would help them in their experiments and formulas. It didn't. But their chemical experiments eventually led to the science of chemistry.

Answer 2

Alchemy is related to science, because ONE of the main goals of alchemy is to turn lead into gold, by using chemistry to make a solution or something like the philosophers stone. Another thing that makes alchemy related to science is that another one of alchemy's goal is also trying to achieve immortality, and that would be called the elixir of life, and same concept as the philosopher's stone idea, you would use chemistry.

Answer 3

The alchemists weren't just chemists. They believed that to be successful, they needed to incorporate magic and/or spirituality into their work. Because of this, their work was often clothed in the supernatural and mysterious. The psychologist Carl Jung believed that the alchemists were not really trying to create physical substances. He viewed them enlightened men who were Wrestling with the concept known as "the darkness of midlife". That their work was directed towards steering their minds back to a "normal" way of functioning.

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Answer 4

The practical aspect of alchemy generated the basics of modern inorganic chemistry, namely concerning procedures, equipment and the identification and use of many current substances.