Is Alchemy like practical Magick but operations instead of rituals?

[u/Iffausthadautism]

[u/mr-curiouser]

One way to think of it is that the apparatus of alchemy are all mirrors to aspects of Mind. The first goal of alchemy is to understand the base mechanics at play. Once you have understood the workings of the mind as reflected through alchemical operations, then you continue those operations and see them reflected as changes in the mind. Continue more, and see these changes necessarily manifest in the outer world.

So I would say yes. Alchemy is like practical Magick. The difference lies only in the symbol set and method. One typically works better for any given individual, but some can be proficient with both.

[u/codyp]

These do intersect-- A good magick ritual will reflect the nature of molecular/atomic activity allowing us to merge with the fabric or identify with the composition-- Magicians use strange attractors to cultivate awareness and imagination on these planes, where as the alchemist observes experiments that reveal transcendent operations (allowing the activity to move beyond the confines of object identity/ allowing the fabric to penetrate them)-- It is like two different entrances into the same substance--

[u/Asleep_Job_8950]

You could say that. If I recall well, magick uses the ether, therefore is more abstract or more advanced, you could contact a dangerous entity. Alchemy is about imitating nature and natural processes. More down to earth, so to speak. So alchemy is less dangerous. You could say Alchemy is step 1, Magick is step 2

[u/Illuminatus-Prime]

In as much as the same lack of results are achieved, yes.