Alchymie is commonly known as the transmutation of base metal into gold. In our understanding, this statement is a metaphor, being that it is the person that is the base metal. So it is about enlightenment – the gold of enlightenment. 
 
What is Alchymie? Alchymie is a mystical transformation of celestial proportions that is characterised by slow and steady heat. Alchymie is constantly tended through steady discipline to enact what is truly a miraculous transformation of mankind into God.