THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (FOR TRADER'S) Alchemists aimed to transmute base metals into gold. Why gold? Evidently because observation declares that gold is the principle of wealth. A man who has drink may not have food, or he may have these but lack fine clothing, or horses, or mansions, or lands. But a man who has gold may have all these and more. Gold is special; it is not just one kind of wealth among many: it is a means to the rest. Gold is the means to everything that can be bought. Traders (modern-day alchemist) now seek to make money out of thin air. Only a PC, software, connectivity, blah blah blah.... THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE The name is a blindâthat which is designed to throw non-truthseekers off the track. Thatâs because the so-called âPhilosopherâs Stoneâ is a Divine Principle, not a thing. In that respect, itâs just like âThe Christâ inasmuch as âThe Christâ is not a person, but a Divine Principle. The Philosopherâs Stone (in Latin, âlapis phiolsophorumâ) has been traced as far back as 300 B.C. E., but much of what has come down to us today is a result of the alchemy of that great âmad mother of modern medicineâ Paracelsus who lived in the 14th Century C.E. He knew, of course, that the stone was a not a thing, a substance used to bring great wealth, but a âcondition of beingâ brought about by oneâs immersion in the Esoteric Doctrine of the Ancient Wisdom. The blindâthat a substance existed which could turn âbase metals into goldâ was really a classic spiritual metaphor, the âbase metalâ being the lower (base) self of the human being and the gold being âGodâ or âGod-like.â So, you see, this blind of âbase=baseâ and âgold=Godâ was pretty easy to figure out and it was only those who were blinded by wealth who were unable to see past the physical to the esoteric. Many people like to say that the Philosopherâs Stone was considered to be the âHoly Grail of Alchemy.â This is another blind. Actually, the Philosopherâs Stone is the Holy Grail. Thatâs right, the Philosopherâs Stone and the Holy Grail and The Christ are all levels of the same Spiritual Essence. They are Cosmic Principles which come to overshadow the truth-seeker after a certain spiritual level has been reached. One is thus anointed by the principle as a Karmic result of oneâs intense striving towards truth. At the root of the Philosopherâs Stone is Psychic Energy. Psychic Energy is the name which has been give to the âLife Forceâ which connects all manifestations in the universeâanimal, vegetable, mineral and human. It is Psychic Energy which is the âelixer of lifeâ and that which keeps spiritual strivers young and youthful-looking. The larger the store of oneâs Psychic Energy, the more are oneâs physical atoms and molecules energized by this force. And yes, it is âThe Forceâ of the âStar Warsâ movies. It is important for the student of the Esoteric Doctrine to know that all striving has its Karmic effect. The Cosmos will never grant you anything you have not earned and it will never withhold from you that which you deserve. You can go as far as you want. Itâs all up to you. THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE DOES NOT EXIST PER SE - EITHER YOU GOT IT OR YOU DON'T