Transmutation may refer to:

Pseudoscience and science

Alchemy

Chrysopoeia In alchemy, the term chrysopoeia (from Greek , ', "gold-making") refers to the artificial production of gold, most commonly by the alleged transmutation of base metals such as lead. A related term is argyropoeia (, ', "silver-making"), referring ...

and argyropoeia, the turning of base metals, such as lead or copper, into gold and silver *

Magnum opus (alchemy) The Great Work (Latin: ''Magnum opus'') is an alchemical term for the process of working with the prima materia to create the philosopher's stone. It has been used to describe personal and spiritual transmutation in the Hermetic tradition, atta ...

, the creation of the philosopher's stone * Mental transmutation, the transformation of a mental state

Biology

Biological transmutation Corentin Louis Kervran (3 March 1901 – 2 February 1983) was a French scientist. Kervran was born in Quimper, Finistère (Brittany), and received a degree as an engineer in 1925. In World War II he was part of the French Resistance. Kervran prop ...

, the claim that nuclear transmutation occurs within living organisms *

Transmutation of species Transmutation of species and transformism are unproven 18th and 19th-century evolutionary ideas about the change of one species into another that preceded Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. The French ''Transformisme'' was a term used ...

, the alteration of one species into another

Physics

Dimensional transmutation In particle physics, dimensional transmutation is a physical mechanism providing a linkage between a dimensionless parameter and a dimensionful parameter. In classical field theory, such as gauge theory in four-dimensional spacetime, the couplin ...

, a physical mechanism in particle physics that transforms a pure number into a parameter with a dimension *

Nuclear transmutation Nuclear transmutation is the conversion of one chemical element or an isotope into another chemical element. Nuclear transmutation occurs in any process where the number of protons or neutrons in the nucleus of an atom is changed. A transmutation ...

, the conversion of one chemical element or isotope into another through nuclear reaction

Psychology

Sexual transmutation In psychology, sublimation is a mature type of defense mechanism, in which socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior, possibly resulting in a long-term conversion of the initial ...

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) ''Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)'' is the first album by Bill Laswell's ever-changing "supergroup" Praxis. The album was released in 1992 and features Buckethead on guitar, Bootsy Collins on bass and vocals, Brain on drums, Bernie Worrell on ke ...

'', a 1992 album by the supergroup Praxis *Transmutator, an alternative name for the electronic music group

Razed in Black Razed in Black is an electronic music act created by Romell Regulacion (vocals, keyboards, guitars) and was supported in live performances by band members Chris Nelson and Raj Kapololu. The band was formed in Hawaii in 1994 and signed to Cleopat ...

* ''Transmute'' (album), a 2021 album by Press to Meco