Alchemy sought to turn lead into gold.
The real alchemy is taking a nasty-ass avocado and turning it into the culinary masterpiece that is a really good guacamole.
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@aspecurian Yes, this is 100% true. Also, lead is the base physical body, gold is the refined spiritual being, and the alchemists ripped off kings who took shit too literally to fund their metaphysical explorations that led to the discovery of chemistry. Your metaphor still holds, but elevated.