Both forwarded a completely esoteric view of alchemy, as Atwood claimed: "No modern art or chemistry, notwithstanding all its surreptitious claims, has any thing in common with Alchemy."
bˈoʊθ fˈɔːɹwɚdᵻd ɐ kəmplˈiːtli ˌɛsoʊtˈɛɹɪk vjˈuː ʌv ˈælkəmi, æz ˈætwʊd klˈeɪmd: "nˈoʊ mˈɑːdɚn ˈɑːɹt ɔːɹ kˈɛmɪstɹi, nˌɑːtwɪðstˈændɪŋ ˈɔːl ɪts sɚɹɪptˈɪʃəs klˈeɪmz, hɐz ˌɛni θˈɪŋ ɪn kˈɑːmən wɪð ˈælkəmi."