Since the Victorian revival of alchemy, "occultists reinterpreted alchemy as a spiritual practice, involving the self-transformation of the practitioner and only incidentally or not at all the transformation of laboratory substances", which has contributed to a merger of magic and alchemy in popular thought.
sˈɪns ðə vɪktˈoːɹiən ɹᵻvˈaɪvəl ʌv ˈælkəmi, "ˈɑːkəltˌɪsts ɹˌiːɪntˈɜːpɹɪɾᵻd ˈælkəmi æz ɐ spˈɪɹɪtʃˌuːəl pɹˈæktɪs, ɪnvˈɑːlvɪŋ ðə sˈɛlftɹænsfoːɹmˈeɪʃən ʌvðə pɹæktˈɪʃənɚ ænd ˈoʊnli ˌɪnsɪdˈɛntəli ɔːɹ nˌɑːt æɾ ˈɔːl ðə tɹænsfoːɹmˈeɪʃən ʌv lˈæbɹətˌɔːɹi sˈʌbstənsᵻz", wˌɪtʃ hɐz kəntɹˈɪbjuːɾᵻd tʊ ɐ mˈɜːdʒɚɹ ʌv mˈædʒɪk ænd ˈælkəmi ɪn pˈɑːpjʊlɚ θˈɔːt.