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Alchemical Cauldron of a Philosopher's Stone.

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FRENCH RENAISSANCE Anonymous (active c. 1500 - 1600): Alchemy: A form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages & the Renaissance & concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting base metal into gold & with finding a universal solvent & an elixir of life.

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