1. La pietra filosofale
The philosopher's stone is, the substance
symbol of alchemy catalyst, able to heal
the corruption of matter.
2. The philosopher's stone would be equipped with three
extraordinary properties:
providing an elixir of life that can confer immortality
representing the universal panacea for every disease;
acquiring omniscience or absolute knowledge of the
past and the future, of good and evil.
Finally, the ability to transmute base metals into gold.
Many of the legends, however, attribute to this element
other properties, or they steal some. Some also
speculate on the fact that the element actually should
not be forcibly solid and that it is a red powder or even
a very dense yellowish material like amber.
3. Apparently the concept originated from the theories
of the Muslim alchemist Geber. He analyzed each of
the four Aristotelian elements ( fire , water, earth ,
air) in terms of four basic qualities : hot, cold, dry and
wet . In this way, the fire was hot and dry , earth cold
and dry , water cold and moist , and air hot and
moist. He also theorized that each metal was a
combination of these four principles , two of these
inner and two outer..
4. The belief in the " triple power"
philosopher's stone would have deep roots ;
being considered a gold metal as "immortaL“,
, figuring out how to produce it from base
metals is understanding how to make an
immortal mortal body. Gold is also similar to
the light that is similar to the spirit . Turning
all metals into gold means then transforming
the material into spirit. For centuries
alchemists and scientists have directed all
their efforts in search of the stone, especially
during the Renaissance.
5. For the ancient philosopher's stone definitely
exists and you can get through the
decomposition of a latent alloy through
different average environments . the secret of
the great work is to choose an average
environment, in which the metallic light
simmers, and before that it specializes, place it
in the extreme positive, bring it to bright red.
