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Lunitik...the main reason Alchemy was so secret (and Freemasonry too for that matter) is because if it wasn't "secret" when it was first reintroduced into Europe, those caught practicing it would have been burned at the stake. It is for this reason too that Gnosticism (which is where Alchemy...

Wil, I think if you dig a little deeper you will find that Jesus was a Gnostic (most of his disciples' works only appear in the Gnostic Gospels)...and Gnosticism is basically the spirituality that the alchemists were practicing.

_Z_, it is my understanding that Hermeticism, which is really an earlier form of Gnosticism and what became the practice of alchemists, was practiced throughout Europe long before Christianity arrived; hence, there is probably quite a lot of similarity between Druidism, Gnosticism, Hermeticism...

Great response Chela...well put, and good for many people to know because I'm quite sure that most (including me) have never had a clue about this subject. I just have one addition though about your explanation of the origin of the word Alchemy: Alchemy is Al-Chemy. Al is Allah, or El, the...