Looking forward to turning that lead into gold. LOL
Any serious alchemist would view that statement much as a church organist would view “Looking forward to your pretty dance music.”
Alchemy was an attempt to merge the spirit of man into the physical universe. Long before it would be hypothetically possible to coax lead into becoming gold, one would cease to care for the financial gain to be had, being “above it all.” If it sounds weird, it’s because it was weird. But don’t misrepresent it please.