![]() The earliest known written mention of the philosopher's stone is in the Cheirokmeta by Zosimos of Panopolis (c. ![]() Efforts to discover the philosopher's stone were known as the Magnum Opus ("Great Work"). ![]() The philosopher's stone was the central symbol of the mystical terminology of alchemy, symbolizing perfection at its finest, enlightenment, and heavenly bliss. It is also called the elixir of life, useful for rejuvenation and for achieving immortality for many centuries, it was the most sought-after goal in alchemy. The philosopher's stone, or more properly philosophers' stone ( Arabic: حجر الفلاسفة, romanized: ḥajar al-falāsifa Latin: lapis philosophorum), is a mythic alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold ( chrysopoeia, from the Greek χρυσός khrusos, "gold", and ποιεῖν poiēin, "to make") or silver. The Alchymist, in Search of the Philosopher's Stone by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1771.
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