Hi Andy, Some might say that the white powder gold is the philosophers stone. Many powers are attributed to it and its sister elements. The Hermetic treaties are generally written in a type of code unfortunately, which makes it hard to take them at face value.
It is said that the ancient Egyptians knew the secret, and the furnaces on the mount where the bread of life was baked, as found in the bible, were involved in synthesising the powder. I have heard it said that distilling colloidal silver causes the ORMUS silver element to pass with the distillate. Heady stuff, and something I would like to devote a little time to, if ever I have a spare moment. Regards Ivan Hi Ivan, Are the byproducts of the Philosopher's Stone what you were referring to? <snip> "the white powder which transmutes the white metals to fine silver; the red elixir with which gold is made; the white elixir which also makes silver, and which procures long life-it is also called the 'white daughter of the philosophers'. " Treaties on Philosophical and Hermetic Chemistry Paris - 1725 The above publication has detailed instructions for making "The Elixir of Life." The earliest reference I have found is from Zosimus at the beginning of the fifth century but unfortunately, I don't have that transcript. I think that one would cost the long buck. (^_^) Best wishes, Andy
