Talk:Outline of alchemy

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Alchemy is an inexact science. Something more suitable to Pseudoscience. You’ll agree it meaning is more compatible with a precursor of poorer word usage; and something not scientific or postulated. It's the same transition that let us move from alchemy to atomic physics. Through a process of legal alchemy known as double billing, lawyers can make two into four. senescent 1656, from L. scenescens, prp. of senescere "to grow old," from senex "old" (see senile).

1.	al•che•my is a noun: alchemy mid-14c., from O.Fr. alkemie, from M.L. alkimia, from Arabic al-kimiya, from Gk. khemeioa (found c.300 C.E. in a decree of Diocletian against "the old writings of the Egyptians"), all meaning "alchemy." Perhaps from an old name for Egypt (Khemia, lit. "land of black earth," found in Plutarch), or from Gk. khymatos "that which is poured out," from khein "to pour," related to khymos "juice, sap."

Above the definition isn't as Symbiotic but it has adjoined of two ephemeral opinions of lost matter. A forerunner and less archaic definition is senescence. It has an immortality of the usage of his dependencies and is not dissimilar to the "finding the simplicity right for you.

--Joseph L. Russell, Jr. 21:39, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Proposed changes
Howdy. The outline here needs some work and I will be working on making some of the following changes if no one objects: I think I've completed the big changes I wanted to make here. 'Substances' still needs work and more Eastern entries should be added. Car Henkel (talk) 17:53, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Kill the lead and replace with the standard outline lead found at many pages like Outline_of_finance
 * Remove entries for individual alchemists. List of alchemists exists for this reason is linked to.
 * Get some more philosophy and branches of alchemy links in the appropriate section
 * Remove anything regarding general occult or new age practices that does not have a notable link to alchemy
 * External Links. A few links to generalist sites should do the trick. Links to individual texts don't belong.
 * "Alchemy related articles" subheading - ?
 * "Substances of the alchemists" heading - ? Not sure what the best solution is for this yet.  not meaningful. ideas?
 * Some of the links are to famous alchemical books. Create a section for these. Car Henkel (talk) 18:53, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Quick explanation of Wikipedia outlines
"Outline" is short for "hierarchical outline". There are two types of outlines: sentence outlines (like those you made in school to plan a paper), and topic outlines (like the topical synopses that professors hand out at the beginning of a college course). Outlines on Wikipedia are primarily topic outlines that serve 2 main purposes: they provide taxonomical classification of subjects showing what topics belong to a subject and how they are related to each other (via their placement in the tree structure), and as subject-based tables of contents linked to topics in the encyclopedia. The hierarchy is maintained through the use of heading levels and indented bullets. See Outlines for a more in-depth explanation. The Transhumanist 00:02, 9 August 2015 (UTC)