Flamel

[Brooks A. Rowlett]

No: HPFGUIDX 2760

> I think Nicolas Flamel was thrown in for historical texture. I know from
> my association with a boyfriend who was into medieval alchemy (via having
> an alchemist persona in a historical recreation group) that Flamel is a
> historical personage, the only alchemist who's supposed to have actually
> created the Stone (which, for you detail-oriented sorts out there, wasn't
> a stone, but some sort of liquid, I believe.


In reverse order  - also possibly a powder, see that interesting URL
about Flamel that was published here a few days ago (Sorry, don't have
it on hand filed it too deeply).  However, one of the German alchemists
is also credited in some texts with possessing the Philosopher's stone.....

-Brooks