Philosopher's stone (disambiguation)

Philosopher's stone
Philosopher's stone
The philosopher's stone is a legendary alchemical substance said to be capable of turning base metals into gold or silver. It was also sometimes believed to be an elixir of life, useful for rejuvenation and possibly for achieving immortality. For many centuries, it was the most sought-after goal...

is the medieval term for the alchemical secret of converting lead into gold.

Philosopher's Stone also may refer to:

The Philosopher's Stone (album)
The Philosopher's Stone (album)
The Philosopher's Stone is a compilation album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison released in 1998 .The songs released on this 2-CD thirty track album were previously unreleased outtakes from 1969 to 1988...

, an album by Van Morrison
- "Philosopher's Stone", a Van Morrison song from Back on Top
Philosopher's Stone (Fullmetal Alchemist), a plot element in Fullmetal Alchemist
- "The Philosopher's Stone" (Fullmetal Alchemist episode)
Parash Pathar
Parash Pathar
Parash Pathar was Satyajit Ray's first film apart from the Apu Trilogy. It was also his first comedy and first magical realist film...

or The Philosopher's Stone, a 1958 Bengali film by Satyajit Ray
The Philosopher's Stone (1969 novel), a 1969 science fiction novel by Colin Wilson
Colin Wilson
Colin Henry Wilson is a prolific English writer who first came to prominence as a philosopher and novelist. Wilson has since written widely on true crime, mysticism and other topics. He prefers calling his philosophy new existentialism or phenomenological existentialism.- Early biography:Born and...
The Philosopher's Stone: A Quest for the Secrets of Alchemy, a book by Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall (author)
Peter Marshall is an English philosopher, historian, biographer, travel writer and poet. He has written fifteen books which are being translated into fourteen different languages. He wrote, presented and partly filmed the 6-part HTV series 'Voyage Around Africa', first shown in 1994...
The Philosopher's Stone, a fictional object in the Harry Potter universe
Philosopher's stones, sclerotia
Sclerotium
A sclerotium is a compact mass of hardened fungal mycelium containing food reserves. One role of sclerotia is to survive environmental extremes. In some higher fungi such as ergot, sclerotia become detached and remain dormant until a favorable opportunity for growth. Other fungi that produce...

of magic mushrooms, including Psilocybe tampanensis
Psilocybe tampanensis
Psilocybe tampanensis is a very rare psychedelic mushroom whose only known natural specimen was collected in the wild by Steven Pollock, near Tampa, Florida in 1977. All spores and cultivations of this species nowadays are originated from this only specimen...

and Psilocybe mexicana
Psilocybe mexicana
Psilocybe mexicana is a psychedelic mushroom. It is from this species that Dr. Albert Hofmann first isolated and named the active compounds, psilocybin and psilocin in 1958. It was first used by the early natives of Central America and North America over 2,000 years ago, known to theAztecs as...
"The Quest of the Philosopher's Stone
The Quest of the Philosopher's Stone
The Quest of the Philosopher's Stone is a 1986 Canadian board game published by Questone Marketing Inc. The game challenges players with three difficulty levels of puzzles and is set in a medieval fantasy world that includes sites such as Camelot, Atlantis and Stonehenge....

", a 1986 fantasy board game published by Questone Marketing Inc.

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