The Philospher's Stone, also sometimes called "Lapis Philosophorum", is a powerful magical artifact and one of the many items in the DC universe. It is the holy grail of western and spiritual alchemy. There are 3 theories as to the stone's function: an object that could turn inexpensive metals into gold, an elixir that makes mortal humans younger, or an item that could bring enlightenment to its owner and facilitate the completion of the owner's Great Work. The Stone was theorized as having transmutation properties by the 8th century Arab alchemist, Jabiribn Hayyan. He analyzed each element into 4 basic qualities: hotness (fire), coldness (ice), dryness (earth), and moistness (air). Each metal was a combination of these four; two interior and two exterior elements. Transmutation happened b