Personal Responsiblity - who is responsible for what?

[Aranno Way]

Vrill can you give me a brief description of alchemy is, I remember reading a book "I think" by aushpensky< not the right spelling I know and another book by Allister Crawly over twenty years ago and from what I remember it was not easy reading.
I don't go to the book store as much as I would like to but I want to narrow my search down so I can read other books of simular interest.