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transmutation

[trans-myoo-tey-shuhn, tranz-] / ˌtræns myuˈteɪ ʃən, ˌtrænz- /


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Transmutation is like the opposite of nuclear decay; instead of an element breaking apart and releasing radiation, a neutron can be added to an unstable element changing it into a slightly heavier version of itself.

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2024

Transmutation always leads to Glory, when its agonies are over.

From Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration by Coffman, C. J.

If the Universe be Mental in its substantial nature, then it follows that Mental Transmutation must change the conditions and phenomena of the Universe.

From The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece by Three Initiates

Transmutation is a great natural Mystery, Metallick, and not contrary to the Course of Nature, nor repugnant to the Order of GOD, as many men of it do falsly judge.

From The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires by Helvetius, John Frederick

But the Hermetists by studying the operations of this Principle have learned to escape some of its activities by Transmutation.

From The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece by Three Initiates




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