There are also many parallels in the world of Hermeticism and alchemy. Alchemy concerns itself with the search for the elusive “Elixir of Life”, a sort of cure-all substance that is capable if bringing health, wealth, immortality, and spiritual emancipation to him who possesses it. Literally, it involves the transformation of base metals into gold, while figuratively, it involves the transformation of the dross of the unrefined Soul into the “Lapsit Exillis” - the Stone from