alchemy

Matthäus Merian the Elder, The Microcosm and the Macrocosm from Musaeum Hermeticum, 1678. Engraving, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, California.
Alchemy Symbols and Their Meanings

Serving as an arguable transition from the mysticism of religion-based scientific belief into modern science, alchemy bridges the gap between the spiritual and the physical. Although most…