Travel Bug Dog Tag Philosopher's Stone Collection (Steine der Weisen)

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Released:
Friday, April 18, 2003
Origin:
Switzerland
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Current Goal

The current goal for this bug is to travel NORTHWARD picking up a Philosopher's Stone at each stop.
If it has picked up more than 10 stones, "Philosopher's Stone Collection" should travel back to Basel.
Once you find it please add a small stone to the chain.

About This Item

Philosopher's Stone Collection

Philosopher's Stone ("Stein der Weisen"):
"The stone, also referred to as the "Philosopher's Stone," or the "powder" (Greek xerion, which passed through Latin into Arabic as elixir), was allied to an elixir of life, believed by alchemists to be a liquid derived from it. Inasmuch as alchemy was concerned not only with the search for a method of upgrading less valuable metals but also of perfecting the human soul, the philosopher's stone was thought to cure illnesses, prolong life, and bring about spiritual revitalization. The philosopher's stone, described variously, was sometimes said to be a common substance, found everywhere but unrecognized and unappreciated." (Encyc. Brit., 15th ed., 1976)

... so please be careful and do not mess geocaches with all the liquids and tinctures dropping from the stones ;-) Handle with care if you're close to your car or your mother-in-law. Feel free to add images or descriptions of things you upgraded, perfected, cured and revitalized using the stones!

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Tracking History (2053.7mi) View Map

Dropped Off 6/4/2004 Steinjunge placed it in Erse-Komfort-Event Niedersachsen, Germany - 28.84 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/4/2004 Steinjunge retrieved it from Die Schatzkarte Niedersachsen, Germany   Visit Log

Er begleitet mich morgen zum Erse-Event!
Dropped Off 5/22/2004 Guido-30 placed it in Die Schatzkarte Niedersachsen, Germany - 29 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/22/2004 Guido-30 retrieved it from Klosterforst Niedersachsen, Germany   Visit Log

Die Steine werden gleich mal in Richtung Hannover weitergereicht.
The stones will be travel near Hannover.

Beste Grüße/Best regards Guido
Dropped Off 5/20/2004 jhc placed it in Klosterforst Niedersachsen, Germany - 33.18 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/2/2004 jhc retrieved it from Limberg Niedersachsen, Germany   Visit Log

8 steine sind derzeit bei mir,da sollte was zu machen sein.
Dropped Off 4/27/2004 Geofisch placed it in Limberg Niedersachsen, Germany - 2.54 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/14/2004 Geofisch retrieved it from Verlies Niedersachsen, Germany   Visit Log

Wir haben ihn jetzt - "Den Stein der Weisen"! Mal sehen, ob wir dadurch auch zu neuen Erkenntnissen gelangen?! Auf alle Fälle wird er demnächst einen schönen Ausflug machen und uns dann leider wieder verlassen müssen. :(
Dropped Off 1/11/2004 TravelingViking placed it in Verlies Niedersachsen, Germany - 5.54 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/28/2003 TravelingViking retrieved it from African Prince's Nightmare Castle Niedersachsen, Germany   Visit Log

Nice collection of stones - let's see where we can take you...

  • Adding a sand rose Coming from the African Prince's Nightmare we thought it would be appropriate to add an item from Africa. The new piece attached is a sand rose that I picked up in the Sahara 1987 on our Transsahara tour:
http://www.newvikings.com/olaf/transsahara/
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