By the terrible alchemy of egotism you converted your remorse into rage.

在自我中心可怕的点化之下，你的愧悔变成了暴怒。

Anyhow, let's find out what alchemy is!

无论如何，让我们看看什么是炼！

The practice is old – ancient, in fact – but what is alchemy, really?

这种做法实际上是非常古老的，但是什么是炼呢？

Yet, his practice of alchemy led to his goal of Takwin - creating artificial life.

，他炼的实践导致了他的 Takwin 目标——创造人工生命。

From what Gwen was saying, Tauren's experiment bears all the hallmarks of alchemy.

按格温的说法来讲，陶伦在做炼的实验。

It is a clever book—ostensibly about spying, yet really about writers and the alchemy of fiction.

这是一本智慧的书——表面看似是关于报活动的，其实它是讲作者和小说的魔力。

The ancient study of alchemy is concerned with making the Philosopher's Stone, a legendary substance with astonishing powers.

古代炼涉及魔法石的炼造，这是一种具有惊人功能的神奇物质。

So if alchemy is not magic, is it science?

那么，如果炼是魔，那是科学吗？

And through this pattern of informational alchemy at night, we create a revised mind-wide web of associations.

通过在晚上对信息进行这种升华，我们能修复脑中广泛的联系网。

In addition to religious ceremonies, it offers courses on traditional Taoist practices, including internal alchemy, qigong, and divination.

除了宗教仪式，它还提供传统道教实践课程，包括炼、气功和占卜。

This mysterious alchemy—when does a mass-market image become something worthy of a museum? —preoccupied him for his entire career.

他的整个事业生涯都献给了这种神奇的“点石成之”——让面向大众的美作品登上博物馆的殿堂。

It's just balancing everything to produce the flour. And it's almost like alchemy what comes out at the end.

一切都需要达到平衡的状态才能产出好的面粉。最后呈现结果的时候仿佛有魔力一般。

I'm going to assume it's not alchemy.

我假设这是炼。

Do you believe the age of alchemy is over?

你是否相信炼时代已经结束？

With the invention of tinned goods and pasteurisation in the 19th century, food alchemy became possible on an industrial scale.

随着19世纪罐头食品和巴氏灭菌法的发明，食品行业扩大到工业规模。

So I had to keep practicing alchemy.

所以我必须继续练习炼。

There's also the idea of culinary alchemy.

还有烹饪炼的概念。

Some of my alchemy notes are missing.

我的一些炼笔记见了。

In antiquity, the field focused on  alchemy and had semi-mystical qualities.

在古代，该领域专注于炼并具有半神秘的特质。

In fact, the word " alchemy" comes from the Arabic word " al kimia" which means chemistry.

实际上，“炼”一词来自阿拉伯语“al kimia”，意为化学。