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less matured version of the red stone. Some ancient and medieval alchemical texts leave clues to the physical appearance of the stone of the philosophers, specifically the red stone. It is often said to be orange (saffron coloured) or red when ground to powder. Or in a solid form, an intermediate between red and purple, transparent and glass-like. The weight is spoken of as being heavier than gold, and it is soluble in any liquid, and incombustible in fire.
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in a solar citrinity: then will the triangle be perfect, but this likewise must be changed into a circle, that is, into an invariable redness: By which operation the woman is converted into the man, and made one with him, and the senary the first number of the perfect completed by one, two, having returned again to an unit, in which is eternal rest and peace.
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In like manner the Philosophers would have the quadrangle reduced into a triangle, that is, into body, Spirit, and Soul, which three do appear in three previous colors before redness, for example, the body or earth in the blackness of Saturn, the Spirit in a lunar whiteness, as water, the Soul or air
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The philosopher's stone is created by the alchemical method known as The Magnum Opus or The Great Work. Often expressed as a series of color changes or chemical processes, the instructions for creating the philosopher's stone are varied. When expressed in colours, the work may pass through phases of
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Descriptions of the philosopher's stone are numerous and various. According to alchemical texts, the stone of the philosophers came in two varieties, prepared by an almost identical method: white (for the purpose of making silver), and red (for the purpose of making gold), the white stone being a
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and prolong the life of any person who consumes a small part of the philosopher's stone diluted in wine. Other mentioned properties include: creation of perpetually burning lamps, transmutation of common crystals into precious stones and diamonds, reviving of dead plants, creation of flexible or
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alchemists may reject work on exoteric substances, instead directing their search for the philosopher's stone inward. Though esoteric and exoteric approaches are sometimes mixed, it is clear that some authors "are not concerned with material substances but are employing the language of exoteric
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Make of a man and woman a circle; then a quadrangle; out of this a triangle; make again a circle, and you will have the Stone of the Wise. Thus is made the stone, which thou canst not discover, unless you, through diligence, learn to understand this geometrical
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is also the name alchemists assign to the starting ingredient for the creation of the philosopher's stone. The importance of this philosophical first matter persisted throughout the history of alchemy. In the seventeenth century,
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The philosopher's stone has been an inspiration, plot feature, or subject of innumerable artistic works: animations, comics, films, musical compositions, novels, and video games. Examples include
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uses the imagery of the Christian passion, saying that it ascends "from the sepulcher of the Most Excellent King, shining and glorious, resuscitated from the dead and wearing a red diadem...".
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and his assembly upon one's deathbed. In Tibetan Buddhist tradition the Chintamani is sometimes depicted as a luminous pearl and is in the possession of several different forms of the Buddha.
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states that 'it was indispensable that every substance accessible... should be observed and examined'. Alchemists once thought a key component in the creation of the stone was a mythical
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Philologia sacra : qua totius Vet. et Novi Testamenti Scripturae tum stylus et litteratura, tum sensus et genuinae interpretationis ratio et doctrina libris V expenditur ac traditur
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alchemy for the sole purpose of expressing theological, philosophical, or mystical beliefs and aspirations". New interpretations continue to be developed around
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of Chintamani, Buddhist tradition maintains that one attains the Wisdom of Buddhas, is able to understand the truth of the Buddhas, and turns afflictions into
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The smattering I have of the Philosophers stone, (which is something more than the perfect exaltation of gold) hath taught me a great deale of Divinity.
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appears to be a symbolic instruction manual for concocting a philosopher's stone. Called the "wordless book", it was a collection of 15 illustrations.
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He further describes in greater detail the metaphysical nature of the meaning of the emblem as a divine union of feminine and masculine principles:
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into gold or silver; it was also known as "the tincture" and "the powder". Alchemists additionally believed that it could be used to make an
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The various names and attributes assigned to the philosopher's stone have led to long-standing speculation on its composition and source.
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The earliest known written mention of the philosopher's stone is about 4000 years ago in an ancient stone carving, then again in the
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Alchemical authors sometimes suggest that the stone's descriptors are metaphorical. The appearance is expressed geometrically in
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candidates have been found in metals, plants, rocks, chemical compounds, and bodily products such as hair, urine, and eggs.
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Written by an unknown German sage, about 200 years ago, and called the Book of Alze, but now published for the first time.
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The most commonly mentioned properties are the ability to transmute base metals into gold or silver, and the ability to
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The theoretical roots outlining the stone's creation can be traced to Greek philosophy. Alchemists later used the
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were fascinated by the concept of metal transmutation and attempted to carry out the process. The eighth-century
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on whether the transmutation of substances was possible. A leading opponent was the Persian polymath
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Ordinal, "oure delycious stone". The stone was frequently praised and referred to in such terms.
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The transmutation mediated by the stone has also been interpreted as a psychological process.
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writes, "the first matter of the stone is the very same with the first matter of all things."
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Numerous synonyms were used to make oblique reference to the stone, such as "white stone" (
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explains man's path to immortal divinity. In verse 2709 he declares that the name of God,
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is derived). It was often considered to exist as a dry red powder (also known as
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In some texts, it is simply called "stone", or our stone, or in the case of
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from which the Latin derives, both employ the plural form of the word for
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of Revelation 2:17 which was taken as a symbol of the glory of heaven),
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itself is informed by early Christian allegory, such as
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Another depiction of the philosopher's stone is the
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using the metaphor of the philosopher's stone. Sant
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The Alchymist, in Search of the Philosopher's Stone
Joseph Wright of Derby
alchemical
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mercury
elixir of life
rejuvenation
immortality
alchemy
divine illumination
Magnum Opus
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Elias Ashmole
Adam
Temple of Solomon
Psalm 118
classical elements
anima mundi
Plato
Timaeus
Plato
prima materia
chaos
Thomas Vaughan
Byzantine Empire
Arab empires
Muslim alchemists

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