PS/SS title change

cmarsmith cmarsmith at yahoo.com
Sun Apr 20 23:10:14 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 55741

> "Charlie" wrote: 
> > > This American had heard of it before and even knew
> > > that another name for it was the Magnum Opus.
>  
>"erinellii": Now me:  
> Wait a minute, "magnum Opus" just means "greatest work", right?  
> Cause I'm sure I've heard people refer to their novels that 
> way..."This is my Magnum Opus"....  I know I've never heard of it 
> as an alternate title for the philosopher's stone, and I'd heard of 
> the legend before.

Me:
It's also know by the name Magnum Opus because it was the goal of 
(virtually) all ancient alchemists: The great work of alchemy.

-Charlie






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