Ancient Egyptians were into all types of magic and astrology. They considered alchemy a science, perhaps the science of immortality eternal life. Alchemy as a transition metal both physical and metaphysical would take many turns in the millennia that would follow. Transition metals turning base metals into gold and alchemy of consciousness moving from physical reality to that of higher frequency. The roots of alchemy date back to an ancient Egypt document called The Emerald Tablet Of Thoth. In Greece Thoth was known as Hermes the Magician ....Hermes Trismegistus ... which is thought to be the foundation of alchemy. Thoth stated, 'As is Above, So is Below', the duality of our experience in third dimension. Thoth was considered part of the Zep Tepi ... the creation gods who came here as a Giant or God and lived before recorded history. The famous Emerald Tablet (Tabula Smaragdina) of Hermes is the primary document of alchemy ... read more....