The Alchemist is the Master Gardener. The one who learns how to steward and guide the seed into its full flowering and creation of the perfect fruit.
“Not from the perspective that you are doing something amiss, but out of the desire to be the master gardener, who brings forth that fruit which extends beauty and the scent of joy for all to be received, for all to see, for all to marvel at. And yet, that beauty that springs forth from the gardener’s beautiful garden does not build up the ego of the master gardener, for a master gardener knows that he or she has only been the keeper of the soil. But the magic that brings forth the flower is not his or her possession, it is merely that which you have been given stewardship over: consciousness. And consciousness is the gift of Life, streaming forth from the Mind of God. Your mind, then, is the soil of the garden. And all awakening, and all transformation, occurs nowhere save in that garden.” - Yeshua, The Way of the Heart, Chapter 12