In alchemy, the term chrysopoeia means transmutation into gold (from the Greek χρυσός khrusos, "gold," and ποιεῖν poiēin, "to make"), although it is also symbolically used to indicate the philosopher's stone as the completion of the Great Work.

In alchemy, the term chrysopoeia means transmutation into gold (from the Greek χρυσός khrusos, "gold," and ποιεῖν poiēin, "to make"), although it is also symbolically used to indicate the philosopher's stone as the completion of the Great Work.