karmaplus:

“Our story is the story of the universe. Every piece of everyone, of everything you love and everything you hate, of the thing you hold most precious, was assembled by the forces of nature in the first few minutes of the life of the universe, transformed in the hearts of the stars or created in their fiery deaths.

And when you die, those pieces will be returned to the universe in the endless cycle of death and rebirth. What a wonderful thing it is to be part of that universe. And what a story, what a majestic story.”

Professor Brian Cox, Wonders of the Universe.

For thousands of years of human history, alchemists have tried in vain to find a way to turn non precious substances into silver and gold. Turns out it is actually possible, but only the death of a star can produce the heat necessary to transform the elements. The existence of gold on earth originates in the explosion of some ancient star which burst like a cosmic pinata, tossing unseen and unique goodies off into space where they swirled about and made our planet. Maybe this is stupid, but I love that the bizzare impulse and reasoning behind alchemy is actually correct: under the right circumstances, anything can be transformed into gold. I suppose I like that as much for the metaphor as for the chemistry, but it still tickles me.

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