Of the old craft of transformation, where changing matter and changing the self were one study. Of work that transmutes rather than rearranges.
Arabic al-kimiya, from al- (the) + kimiya, itself likely from Greek khemeia (the art of alloying metals); of the old craft where changing matter and changing the self were held as one study.
Of work that transmutes rather than rearranges, where changing matter and changing the self were once one study.