The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alchemic \Al*chem"ic\, Alchemical \Al*chem"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. alchimique.] Of or relating to alchemy.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s; see alchemy + -ical.
Wiktionary
a. (label en chemistry) Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy. alt. (label en chemistry) Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.
WordNet
adj. related to or concerned with alchemy [syn: alchemic]
Usage examples of "alchemical".
This extraordinary thirteen-page text, which is generally most appreciated as an example of poetic talent, also encompasses astrological, allegorical and alchemical symbolism.
Besides the Cathars, the region was, and always has been, a centre of alchemy, and several villages attest to the alchemical preoccupations of its former residents, notably Alet-les-Bains near Limoux, where the houses are still decorated with esoteric symbolism.
It is significant when you find a location that was specifically chosen because of the nature of the soil, where there are clearly alchemical signs in the structure, and where there are tie-ins to both Cathars and Moslems.
The alchemical symbolism is lavish: base and precious metals, kings and queens.
In the context, the last interpretation is the most likely: the text as a whole abounds with alchemical symbols.
Waite was one of the first to recognize the alchemical, hermetic and Gnostic elements in the stories.
But is this secret knowledge, this mystical and alchemical awareness of the Feminine, also buried under the dust of centuries?
For if they were, as we and other researchers believe, collectors of esoteric and alchemical knowledge, then any Templar survival points to some kind of continuation of great secrets through an occult tradition that may still exist to this day.
These papers, of which there are over 500, are chiefly concerned with sacred geometry and architecture, and cabalistic, Masonic, hermetic and alchemical symbols.
Rosicrucian society was the Order of the Gold and Rosy Cross, founded in Germany in 1710 by Sigmund Richter, the primary purpose of which was alchemical research.
Order was transformed into a Strict Templar Observance Masonic Lodge, although it still maintained its alchemical nature.
Much of this is widely known today, but what is not recognized beyond the groups of initiates themselves is that there is, surprisingly, an alchemical branch of both Tantra and Taoism.
It is hard to doubt that alchemical teachings concealed magical sexual secrets that were closely allied to tantric knowledge.
Essentially the alchemical texts contained lessons in sex magic and chemistry at the same time.
Some of the secret is given away by the preponderance of sexual symbolism in alchemical literature.