Modern AlchemyTaught By:- Isabel Black-3rd Year GryffindorSubstituting for Professor Serafina Rosenquist.

Introduction Hello and Welcome to the fourth lesson of Alchemy-301, Modern Alchemy. I am Isabel Black, a Gryffindor 3rd Year student, who also happens to be a liaison. Prof. Rosenquist requested me to take this class due to her having an emergency. So, lets start off the class.Modern Alchemy-Modern Alchemy is the branch of Alchemy that has been taught from the 1960s to the present day, giving us 55 years of pure alchemy.Now the question arises that why is it called Modern alchemy and why is it different from the alchemy practised before the 1960s.This is because of the La Ligue de Alchemists.You will learn more about the La Ligue de Alchemists in page 4.

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Lesson PlanWe will be covering the following topics today.La Ligue De AlchemistsLaws of AlchemyIndication CharmThe concept of V.I.T.R.I.O.L3

La Ligue de AlchemistsLa Ligue de AlchemistsIts current members

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La Ligue de AlchemistsIn 1960, a group known as La Ligue de Alchemists got together to discuss the future of alchemy.It included members of many different countries:-Australia, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Peru, Russia, United Kingdom and United States.It is somewhat similar to the Muggle United Nations.Within the UN, there is one President elected by the general representatives of all countries that are a part of it and here, the President is elected by the General group. The Vice President is also elected not by the President but by the General Group.You will learn more about the current members of La Ligue de Alchemists in the next page.

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Current Members of La Ligue de AlchemistsThe current members of La Ligue de Alchemists are:-President-Chou Tsukino-JapanVice President-Aime Beauchene-FranceSecretary-Zachary Aimos-USASpeaker-Lachlan Jones-AustraliaCommittee Member-Ling Xi-ChinaCommittee Member-Amirah Khayed-EgyptCommittee Member-Vincent Schabb-GermanyCommittee Member-Lyra Tayyib-IraqCommittee Member-Donato Gessati-ItalyCommittee Member-Milagros Layonel-PeruCommittee Member-Vladimir Alvang-RussiaCommittee Member-Tyler Scott-UK

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Laws of AlchemyIn 1960, the committee came up with a set of laws that would help preserve the basic fundamentals of Alchemy. They are:-You shall never take the life of a fellow Wizard, Muggle or creature for the sake of practise.Never betray a fellow alchemist.Do unto others as they would do to you.7

First Law of AlchemyThe first law of Alchemy states that you should not take the life of a fellow Wizard, Muggle or creature for the sake of practise.It says that we should never destroy the pure thing called life. Even if a drop of someone elses blood is spilled, your soul starts tarnishing.Now lets go into the history and reason beneath this law.In the summer of 1963, the committee gathered to discuss who the new president would be. They unanimously elected George Winston from the USA and he was the only member from the USA to ever become a president.In the year 1978, a new president was elected.In the early 80s there was a committee member who was a dark wizard.His name was Vigo S.You will get to know more about him in the next page.8

Vigo SDuring the early 80s, Vigo S, a dark wizard was selected as a committee member by default. He knew the rules and knew that he could extend his life by killing other people and attaching part of himself into an object-by horcruxes.His last name was never recovered as all the documents with his name were either erased or burnt.While he killed four members of the committee he never fully succeeded in extending his life. The event happened when there was a summit meeting with the fellow Alchemists. Vigo enraged and he was slowly losing himself and he decided that it was time to take action and work on his plan. Taking out the first four members he saw, the other members fled from the room. The then Vice President of the committee successfully ended his plot.

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Second Law of AlchemyThe second law of alchemy states that you should never betray your fellow alchemist.This law was enacted to protect any work that was done as a collaboration within the Alchemy community, or in general. This law prevented members from claiming work that was not theirs, or work that was done in collaboration but no credit was given to other editors.So, you may ask me how do we know when someone broke that law.For that, we have a specific charm known as the Indication Charm which was created by the members of La Ligue de Alchemists.We will be learning more about this charm later in the lesson.10

Third Law of AlchemyThe third law of alchemy states to do unto others as they would do to you. This is actually a verse from the holy scripture of the Christians-The Bible.This just says to treat others with respect and kindness and they will give you back the same. So, in the context of Alchemy, it just says that if you break the first and second law, it may as well happen to you.So, the way I percept it is it to be somewhat like a warning.11

The Indication Charm

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The Indication Charm13The Indication Charm is used to identify the work and it helps to establish the true owner. Its details are:-Incantation-Invenio VeritasPronunciation-(een-vain-EE-oh ver-ee-TAH-suh) Note-Ending uh is silent.Wand movement-As you see in the diagram (although it is not the best) the object is a clockwise circle. The black object in the middle is the object in question. So for instance we will say it is a piece of metal that has a rare transition on it. The blue circle indicates the circle and the red arrow indicates the clockwise motion.Concentration- No concentration is needed. You just need to simply cast the spell with ease.Focus- You just need to focus on the pronunciation.Summary- If the person brings in any artefact they must first place their wand onto the artefact before the spell begins. Once the spell is done there are one of two results. Ablueburst of light indicates that the person who brought the piece in is authentic. The piece will simply shoot a small ball of light into the air. Ablackburst of light indicates that the person who brought the piece in is a thief. The artefact will go into a 'defence' mood. It will then shoot out more black light that will cause the person who stole it to have a imprint of the word "THIEF" on their forehead.

The concept of V.I.T.R.I.O.L

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V.I.T.R.I.O.LSo, VITRIOL in Latin stands for Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem .In English, it can be written as "Visit the interior Earth and rectifying you will find the hidden stone.So, in this case, Visit the interior Earth is widely believed to experience a gateway to a higher plane of existence. The stone is not something you can just learn about per-say, it is something to be learned by experience. When you visit the interior Earth you experience all of life and all of magic. Some believe that when you 'visit' the interior Earth you are entering the gates of Hell. Rectifying yourself means you are purifying your soul and cleansing you demons. Believe it or not, we all have demons. When one finds the stone they must truly rectify themselves or "absolve" themselves from their demons. That is what the whole concept is all about.15

AcknowledgementsThank you for being such a wonderful class. Thank you Professor Rosenquist to give me the opportunity to teach this class. Hope you all enjoyed the class. All the best for your midterm. Revise and Im sure you all will do well. And those two girls from Slytherin and Ravenclaw, I had to cut points, I dont tolerate fighting. If you have any doubts, come to me and Ill clear it for you anytime. Bye.16