Philosopher's stone in art and entertainment

The philosopher's stone has been a subject, inspiration, or plot feature of innumerable artistic works: novels, comics stories, movies, animations, video games, and musical compositions.

Literature

• The Alchemist (1610), by Ben Jonson
• St. Leon (1799), by William Godwin
• Frankenstein;or, the Modern Prometheus (1818 JAN), by Mary Shelley
• The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831), by Victor Hugo
• The Alchemist (1916), by H. P. Lovecraft
• The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (1927), by H. P. Lovecraft
• The Trumpeter of Krakow (1928), by Eric P. Kelly
• The Philosopher's Stone (1969), by Colin Wilson
• Ægypt (1987–2007), by J. Crowley
• The Alchemist (1988), by Paulo Coelho
• The Eight (1988) by Katherine Neville
• Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone (1995), by Max McCoy
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997), by J. K. Rowling
• Fullmetal Alchemist (2001–2010), by Hiromu Arakawa
• The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (2007), by Michael Scott
• The Six Sacred Stones (2007 AUS or 2008 US and UK), by Matthew Reilly
• The 39 Clues (2008- ), by Rick Riordan

Animations, comics, movies, and TV

• The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone (1955), an Uncle Scrooge story by Carl Barks.
• The Flash (1958), a rogue known as Doctor Alchemy used a philosopher's stone as his main weapon in crime.
• The Philosopher's Stone or Parash Pathar (1958), a Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray.
• Lupin the Third: Secret of Mamo (1978) the first animated Lupin the Third film, had the Philosopher's Stone a coveted object by the world's richest man, who hired Fujiko to compel Lupin's retrieval of same.
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1992), anime by Hideki Anno.
• Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix (1994), graphic novel by Lee Marrs.
• The Slayers (1995). The version of the stone that was depicted in this series varied quite substantially from traditional depictions of it. The stone was of a dark color and appeared to have a metamorphic-rock-like consistency. It was said to be part of the "Staff of the Gods" that supported the Slayers' world and increased a magic user's powers exponentially, to the point of being almost god-like.
• Rock of Ages (1997–98), a six-part story-arc in DC Comics' JLA comic series.
• Fullmetal Alchemist (2001) and "Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood", a legendary stone is said to allow the holder to completely bypass the law of Equivalent Exchange and letting him or her construct matter without any particular source.
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001); retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US.
• Justice League (2002). Jason Blood and his alter-ego Etrigan the Demon seek the assistance of the Justice League in preventing the philosopher's stone from falling into the hands of his ancient enemy, the sorceress Morgaine Le Fey.

Video games

• World of Warcraft - The Philosopher's Stone is a trinket crafted and used by Alchemists to transmute different materials into others. It also acts as an equippable item.
• Valkyrie Profile - The Philosopher's Stone is held by Lezard Valeth and is described to be more like a million-page codex that must be deciphered. Lezard ultimately uses it to survive Ragnarok.
• Devil May Cry - The Philosopher's Stone is used as one of the keys to enter the Underworld.
• Shadow of Memories - The Philosopher's Stone was given to Dr. Wagner by Eike as the final ingredient in making Homonculus.
• Tomb Raider Chronicles - the goal of the first episode of the game, which takes place in Rome, is to find The Philosopher's Stone.
• Alone In The Dark - The Philosopher's Stone was given to Edward Carnby by Theo Paddington while New York City was being destroyed by earthquakes which were caused by an evil spirit that was released by the power inside the stone. Edward Carnby must find the Path Of Light and make a critical choice that will either save the world or destroy it forever. During his mission, he is being pursued through Central Park by Zombies who were once human but they were transformed by the power of the stone. A madman named Crowley is also pursuing Carnby because he wants him dead so that he can get his hands on the stone so that he can further his evil plans.
• League of Legends - The Philosopher's Stone is an advanced item improving the wearer's mana and health regeneration. It also passively increases gold income.
• Shadow of memories - Also called "Shadow of Destiny". The protagonist, Eike, is being manipulated by a being called Homunculus to help obtain The Philosopher's Stone, which is the key to Homunculus' life.
• Ragnarok Online - The Philosopher's Stone is an advanced item used for evolving alchemist's and biochemist's homunculus into its second form, stronger than the previous one and with a hidden skill enabled.
• Doodle God - You can make "The Philosopher's Stone" by combining Demigod and Quicksilver.
• Star Ocean: Till the End of Time - Peppita and Eliza can make The Philosopher's Stone Through the inventing process. it is used to recruit Ansala as an inventor.
• Touhou Project - As the midboss of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Patchouli Knowledge has an attack named "Philosopher's Stone". This attack reappears in Immaterial and Missing Power, Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, and Unthinkable Natural Law.
• Swordquest - The prize for the unreleased 4th game in the series, Airworld, was to be a "Philosopher's Stone"; a piece of white jade in a gold gem-encrusted box, valued at $25,000. It is unknown what happened to the stone once the contest was shut down, but there are rumors of Jack Tramiel, the buyer of Atari during the video game crash of 1983, owning it and the other unclaimed prizes of the contest.
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) - (2001); retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Video Game) in the US.
• Animamundi: Dark Alchemist - The protagonist, Georik Zaberisk, attempts and manages to create The Philosopher's Stone to grant his beheaded sister eternal life.
• Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir- The protagonists, Ed and Al search for the philosopher stone, but become involved in an investigation over disappearances.

Music

• The album Back on Top (1999) by Van Morrison includes a track "Philosopher's Stone", which contains the phrase: "Even my best friends they don't know that my job is turning lead into gold." Van Morrison had also released a collection of previously unreleased tracks and alternate takes under the album name Philosopher's Stone in 1998.
• The concept album Grand Materia (2005) by the Swedish metal band Morgana Lefay is about Nicolas Flamel and his life and how he made the philosopher's stone.
• "The Love Song" (2007) by K-os contains the phrase: "Towards a dome of computer digital clones that mimic philosopher stones."
• The album Radio Retaliation (2008) by Thievery Corporation includes a track title "Philosopher's Stone" on the deluxe version.