| rdfs:comment | - The Philospher's Stone, also sometimes called "Lapis Philosophorum", is a powerful magical artifact and one of the many items in the DC universe. It is the holy grail of western and spiritual alchemy. There are 3 theories as to the stone's function: an object that could turn inexpensive metals into gold, an elixir that makes mortal humans younger, or an item that could bring enlightenment to its owner and facilitate the completion of the owner's Great Work. The Stone was theorized as having transmutation properties by the 8th century Arab alchemist, Jabiribn Hayyan. He analyzed each element into 4 basic qualities: hotness (fire), coldness (ice), dryness (earth), and moistness (air). Each metal was a combination of these four; two interior and two exterior elements. Transmutation happened b
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| abstract | - The Philospher's Stone, also sometimes called "Lapis Philosophorum", is a powerful magical artifact and one of the many items in the DC universe. It is the holy grail of western and spiritual alchemy. There are 3 theories as to the stone's function: an object that could turn inexpensive metals into gold, an elixir that makes mortal humans younger, or an item that could bring enlightenment to its owner and facilitate the completion of the owner's Great Work. The Stone was theorized as having transmutation properties by the 8th century Arab alchemist, Jabiribn Hayyan. He analyzed each element into 4 basic qualities: hotness (fire), coldness (ice), dryness (earth), and moistness (air). Each metal was a combination of these four; two interior and two exterior elements. Transmutation happened by rearranging these qualities. A dry red powder made from the Philosopher's Stone created an elixir that would mediate the process. The 16th century Swiss alchemist, Philippus Paracelsus believed it was an undiscovered element in which the four elements were derived from. An alchemist named Samael Aunweor believed it was a symbol of spiritual and religious tradition used to reject creative sexual energy and pursue spiritual edification. It has later become the criminal weapon of both Doctor Alchemys, and in this capacity it has been used for a variety of evil uses. Apparently, this version of the Stone is essentially indestructible (as it reforms independently after each destruction) and at least partly magical in nature; it works by simply willing to transmute objects by holding it. Doctor Alchemy used it to usurp Power Girl's body by transferring his essence through the Stone, and was also able to use the Stone's magical applications to drain the knowledge of the magical Library of Alexandria stolen by the alchemist Megistus before compelling Power Girl to travel to the Fortress of Solitude to warp it in its entirety into red kryptonite with the stone's magics; before Wonder Woman threw it into the Sun, straight into Megistus' solar base. It would later play a pivotal role to thwart the alchemist's hopes of mutating all of humanity to protect it from the Final Crisis, when June Masters took it and used it to transmute the cosmic cloud the alchemist wanted to draw to Earth to common elements.
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