### 5.1 Convergences
**Transformation is real, but the transformed object differs.** Historical alchemy transformed substances and practitioner-world relations; AI transforms representations, choices, and experimental search. The overlap is structural and historical-metaphorical, not proof of a shared hidden force. **Language and form matter.** Alchemical codes, ritual formulas, prompts, and therapeutic framing all demonstrate that sequence, authority, expectation, and context can organize action and interpretation. Only the AI prompt’s computational pathway is presently demonstrated at system level.
