CU-arl Gustav Jung waziwa ukuthi uxhumanise uphawu lwe-herchemetic lwe-alchemy ezimisweni zalo nasekusebenzeni kwezinqubo zengqondo. Umsebenzi we-alchemical awunakuhlukaniswa nokuguqulelwa kwe-opharetha uqobo. Ngokuya ngemigomo yetafula le-emerald, okuguqulwa ngaphandle kuguqula ingaphakathi nokuthi yini okuguqula i-microcosm nayo iguqula i-macrocosm (futhi okuphambene nalokho). I-Alchemy iba, kulo mbono, isiyalo somsebenzi wangaphakathi, wokukhishwa kanye nokwehliswa kwezinto ezi-mercury, isulfure nosawoti ezinokuxhumana okungokomfanekiso ne-psyche yethu. Lo msebenzi uzokwenziwa kwi-materia prima, impahla eluhlaza kanye neyinhloko esiyikho. Lolu daba ngokwencazelo luluhlaza futhi aluphelele futhi kufanele lwenziwe uguquko, ukushintshwa ukuze kukhishwe into elungisiwe, ehlanziwe. Yingakho sichaza i-alchemy njengesayensi ye-hermetic neyimfihlo evumela ukuguqula ukuhola kube yigolide, isiliva noma i-elixir yempilo ende, emelwe yitshe lefilosofi.