the scorcerers stone

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 75600

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "yairadubin"
<two4menone4you88 at a...> wrote:
> If Nicholas Flamel is 600+ years old, Dumbledore must also be around 
> that age.  They made the stone together, presumably before Flamel was 
> maybe 100 or something so how old is Dumbledore and has he been 
> taking the elixir too?
> *Yaira*

bboy_mn:

I worked together with my father on a car, but that doesn't make me
the same age as my father or the same age as Henry Ford (or Gottlieb
Daimler, if you are from Europe).

Nicholas Flame is almost 700 years old, he created the Philosopher's
(Socerer's) Stone on his own, and yes, during the first 100 years of
his life.

At sometime later, Dumbledore worked with Flamel on the study of
Alchemy, which may or may not have included study and/or the creation
of a Philosopher's Stone. Since Flamel is the senior, it's likely
Flamel was the Master Alchemist and Dumbledore was the apprentice.

Master Alchemists do not give up knowledge of the Philosopher's Stone
easily. It's not enough to be good at alchemy, or wizardry, and it's
not enough that you are a good person. An Alchemist will only give the
knowledge of the Stone to someone that they feel has a sufficient
degree of spiritual enlightenment.

While we may consider Albus Dumbledore to be enlightened, Flamel may
not have. So, there is a lot of alchemy that can be studies before you
reach the level of the Philosopher's Stone, and it could just as
easily be that Dumbledore was teaching Flamel wizardry, or that they
were colaborating on a project unrelated to alchemy or the Stone.

We know that Flamel is alomost 700 years old. We know that Dumbledore
is about 150 years old. We know that at sometime during their lives
Flamel and Dumbledore work together.

What we don't know is when they worked together or what they worked
on. Maybe it was the 12 uses of Dragon blood.

Just a thought.
bboy_mn