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When people think of the Medieval time period, thoughts of the dark ages appear. Many people think this because not many technological advances took place during these times, however the people who think this are greatly mistaken because many scientific breakthro ....

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.... solely of the four elements in different proportions. These four elements include fire, water, earth, and air. There exists a fifth element which is called the elixir, or “philosopher’s stone, alchemy’s long sought after prize. The elixir, or stone, was believed to have the power to transform ordinary metal into precious gold. Alchemists also believed that inorganic things were alive. These inorganic things possessed both spirit and matter values. Because of these beliefs alchemy became known as something strange, something like occult since. They referred alchemy to this because it dealt with properties of matter that could not be infer ....