Alchemistry at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum

The Emerald Tablet has the lettering from the Phoencian Language, which reads right to left. The author was Hermes Tresmegistus, who was associated with the Egyptian god of science, Thoth.

 In the eyes of a variety of esoteric and Hermetic practitioners, alchemy is fundamentally spiritual. Transmutation of lead into gold is presented as an analogy for personal transmutation, purification, and perfection.