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Nicole Lau: How Alchemy evolved into Chemistry - Paul Ferguson - 03-02-2026

"Alchemy became chemistry. The transformation was necessary but incomplete. Chemistry kept the experimental method and material transformation but discarded the psyche-matter unity and symbolic system. This split enabled scientific progress but lost holistic understanding. The challenge: reintegrate what was lost without abandoning what was gained."

https://mysticryst.com/blogs/the-mystic-journal/alchemy-chemistry-scientific-revolution-what-was-lost