Alchemy

4. The discovery of ___________ and knowledge of subatomic physics has confirmed that the transmutation of elements is not a far-fetched idea.
7. The search for ___________ and attempts to turn metal into gold are examples of humans’ quests to transcend the boundaries of this world, its material reality, and our limited capabilities
8. Ancient Egyptians knew how to _______metals.
9. __________ is the practice of liberating a material (or human for that matter) from its fixed or finite physical properties to achieve perfection.
11. Alchemists believed that being able to transform material things would bring them _________
12. Egyptians were highly skillful _____________
14. Alchemists considered gold as the ______ metal

1. was one of the many scientists that performed alchemical research.
2. Alchemists’ attempts to create gold was an exhibition or analogy of human ____________, purification, and perfection
3. Alchemists defined their thought and practice as more of a _____________ than science.
5. The knowledge and beliefs of Egyptians were carried to other parts of the world after the conquest of Egypt by the _________ in the 7th century.
6. It was also in ancient Egypt that the belief that _____________ and fluxes had magical powers emerged.
10. Alchemists’ attempts to turn base metals into ___________ were not meant to increase wealth.
13. Many trace alchemy’s origin to _______