The art, theory, or practice of alchemy, particularly the pursuit of turning base metals into gold.
From chrysopoetic with a nominalized -s ending, used to refer to the entire system of alchemical knowledge and practice.
Chrysopoetics was taught as serious university material in medieval Europe—the study combined chemistry, philosophy, mysticism, and desperate hope in equal measure, making it perhaps history's most elaborate failed experiment.
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