Philosopher’s Stone

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Philosopher’s Stone is a recurring concept in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between January 21, 2022 and April 01, 2025. The archive places it in contexts such as “working on developing the Philosopher’s Stone”; “process that makes the Philosopher’s Stone look like freshman chem lab”. It most often appears alongside 1/28/22, ACX Grants, Afghanistan.

Metadata

• Category: Concepts
• Mention count: 2
• Issue count: 2
• First seen: January 21, 2022
• Last seen: April 01, 2025

Appears In

• Resubmit And Summarize Your Proposals For Grants ++
• The Colors Of Her Coat

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• • ACX Grants (1 shared issues)
• • Afghanistan (1 shared issues)
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• • Aries (1 shared issues)
• • Badakhshan (1 shared issues)
• • Ballad of the White Horse (1 shared issues)
• • Benares (1 shared issues)
• • Beraud (1 shared issues)
• • Bitcoin (1 shared issues)
• • Bodh Gaya (1 shared issues)

External Links

• • https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/motivated-reasoning-as-mis-applied/comment/4817922
• • https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/06/10/book-review-the-prices-are-too-dmn-high/
• • https://www.amazon.com/Closing-American-Mind-Education-Impoverished/dp/1451683200/ref=sr_1_1?crid=SAPRLAFUD8ML&keywords=Closing+of+the+American+Mind&qid=1680632698&s=books&sprefix=closing+of+the+american+mind%2Cstripbooks%2C221&sr=1-1
• • https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/details-that-you-should-include-in/comment/61387082
• • https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/secrets-of-the-great-families
• • https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-claude-bliss-attractor/comment/125388637
• • https://www.cell.com/servlet/linkout?suffix=e_1_5_1_2_56_2&dbid=8&doi=10.1016/j.cell.2021.01.034&key=8369643&cf=
• • https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10138907/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
• • https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KnQs55tjxWopCzKsk/the-ai-timelines-scam
• • https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1867335298491068769

Source Context

Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Resubmit And Summarize Your Proposals For Grants ++

January 21, 2022 · Original source

Homunculus LLC is a startup working on developing the Philosopher's Stone, which would lead to universal immortality and infinite wealth. Our CEO, Nicholas Flamel, has a PhD from the University of Paris and is universally recognized for his work deciphering hieroglyphics. Our CTO, John Dee has a PhD from Oxford and served as court astrologer to Elizabeth I. We believe that precise application of quicksilver while Aries is in the ascendant is the secret to creating the Stone; you can read our white paper at homunculus.com/white-paper. We're looking for seed investments between 10,000 and 100,000 gold florins; if you think you can help, please email inquiries@homunculus.com.

The Colors Of Her Coat

April 01, 2025 · Original source

Buy the stone and retrace your path through the burning deserts and vengeful Muslims until you’re back in England or France or wherever. Still alive? That was the easy part. Now you need to go through a chemical extraction process that makes the Philosopher's Stone look like freshman chem lab. "The lengthy process of pulverization, sifting, and washing to produce ultramarine makes the natural pigment … roughly ten times more expensive than the stone it came from."

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