[HPforGrownups] Nicolas Flamel

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 9657

eggplant88 at hotmail.com wrote:

> Rowling didn't just make up the name Nicolas Flamel he was a real
> historic figure, he was an alchemist who spent his life looking,
> unsuccessful, for the Philosopher's Stone (not the sorcerer's
> stone!), he even had a wife named Perenelle.

An old boyfriend of mine, who was into alchemy, gave me a couple of
links for information on Nicolas Flamel, which I had posted to the list
a while back. Worthy of note is that honest-to-god alchemists (there's
still a few) think that Flamel may have been one of the only (if not the
only) man to actually achieve the Stone. If I can figure out how, I'll
try to find the message number, if anyone's interested.

--Amanda