Qalong li ile tsa emoloa e le karolo ea alchemy kapa proto-science (pele ho saense), eo hamorao e ileng ea fetoha k'hemistri. Ho fihlela lekholong la bo18 la lilemo, matšoao a boletsoeng ka holimo a ne a sebelisetsoa ho bontša likarolo tse itseng le metsoako. Matšoao a ne a fapana hanyenyane matšoaong a litsebi tsa alchem, kahoo tseo re li tsebang ho fihlela kajeno ke phello ea boemo ba matšoao ana.
Ho ea ka Paracelsus, matšoao ana a tsejoa e le a Boraro ba Pele:
letsoai - e bolelang motheo oa ntho - e tšoailoe ka mokhoa oa selikalikoe se nang le bophara bo hlakileng bo hlakileng,
mercury, e bolelang tlamahano ea metsi pakeng tsa holimo le tlaase, ke selikalikoe se nang le semicircle ka holimo le sefapano ka tlaase;
sebabole - moya wa bophelo - kgutlotharo e hokahantsweng ka sefapano.
Lintlha tse latelang ke matšoao a likarolo tsa lefats'e, kaofela e le likhutlo tse tharo:
Litšepe tse tšoailoeng ka matšoao a lipolanete le lihloliloeng tsa leholimo:
Matšoao a alchemical a kenyelletsa:
Ouroboros ke noha e jang mohatla oa eona; ho alchemy, e tšoantšetsa ts'ebetso e nchafatsang ea metabolism kamehla; ke lefahla la lejoe la rafilosofi.
Heptagram - e bolela lipolanete tse supileng tse tsejoang ke litsebi tsa alchemist mehleng ea khale; matšoao a bona a bontšitsoe ka holimo.