Have you heard about the Emerald Tablet?

No it is not a new Android device.

Quoting Wikipedia:

The Emerald Tablet, also known as the Smaragdine Tablet or the Tabula Smaragdina (Latin, from the Arabic: لَوْح الزُّمُرُّذ, Lawḥ al-zumurrudh), is a compact and cryptic Hermetic text. It was highly regarded by Islamic and European alchemists as the foundation of their art.

Did you knew that Sir Issac Newton was an alchemist

Yup, Sir Issac Newton the world renowned physicist was also an alchemist and had done a great deal of work in the field.

Including translating the Emerald Tablet into English.

Is alchemy real?

I think most people misunderstand alchemy as just a fool's errand of turning lead into gold, while there are deeper meaning to the art.

I don't fully understand it but am fascinated by it none the less.

Now do what you will with this knowledge but I implore you to at least try and understand it a bit.

Finally, I will leave you with the Sir Issac Newton's translation of the Emerald Tablet and a few resource to dive into the subject matter.

Emerald Tablet as translated by Sir Issac Newton

Tis true without lying, certain and most true.
That which is below is like that which is above and that which is above is like that which is below
to do the miracle of one only thing
And as all things have been and arose from one by the mediation of one: so all things have their birth from this one thing by adaptation.
The Sun is its father, the moon its mother,
the wind hath carried it in its belly, the earth is its nurse.
The father of all perfection in the whole world is here.
Its force or power is entire if it be converted into earth.
Separate thou the earth from the fire,
the subtle from the gross
sweetly with great industry.
It ascends from the earth to the heaven and again it descends to the earth
and receives the force of things superior and inferior.
By this means you shall have the glory of the whole world and thereby all obscurity shall fly from you.
Its force is above all force,
for it vanquishes every subtle thing and penetrates every solid thing.
So was the world created.
From this are and do come admirable adaptations where of the means is here in this.
Hence I am called Hermes Trismegist, having the three parts of the philosophy of the whole world.
That which I have said of the operation of the Sun is accomplished and ended.

~ Text taken from Wikipedia

Alchemy Explained through videos

Here are a few videos about alchemy that I have found on YouTube which I believe to give a good explanation on Alchemy as a subject matter and an art.

The videos above are 2 part series that dive deep into the history and philosophy of Alchemist.

Do note that I didn't made these videos nor have I uploaded them, these are something that I have found in my on research.