Transmutation

Transmutation may refer to:

Pseudoscience and science

Alchemy

• Chrysopoeia and argyropoeia, the turning of base metals, such as lead or copper, into gold and silver
• Magnum opus (alchemy), the creation of the philosopher's stone
• Mental transmutation, the transformation of a mental state

Biology

• Biological transmutation, the claim that nuclear transmutation occurs within living organisms
• Transmutation of species, the alteration of one species into another

Physics

• Dimensional transmutation, a physical mechanism in particle physics that transforms a pure number into a parameter with a dimension
• Nuclear transmutation, the conversion of one chemical element or isotope into another through nuclear reaction

Psychology

• Sexual transmutation or sexual sublimation, an attempt to transform sexual energy into creativity and thereby facilitate spiritual awakening

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

• Transmutations (film) (also called Underworld), a 1985 film with story and screenplay by horror-writer Clive Barker
• Transmutate, a fictional character in the Beast Wars franchise

Music

• Transmutation (album), a 2008 album by the Brazilian death metal band Ophiolatry
• Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis), a 1992 album by the supergroup Praxis
• Transmutator, an alternative name for the electronic music group Razed in Black
• Transmute (album), a 2021 album by Press to Meco

See also

• Mutation (disambiguation)
• Transformation (disambiguation)
• Transmutant, a 2015 album by Katie Noonan
• Transubstantiation, a dogma of the Eucharist in Catholic theology