Cintāmaṇi (or the Cintamani Stone) is a wish-fulfilling jewel within both Hindu and Buddhist traditions, equivalent to the philosopher's stone in Western alchemy...
The Tibetan expedition of 1925-28 by Nicholas Roerich is often associated with the Cintamani Stone. Reportedly Roerich, living at that time in New York and being active in the League of Nations, was tasked with returning a fragment of the Stone to Tibet. From the letters of the future US Vice-President Henry A. Wallace it can be deduced that Roerich also brought the Stone to the US. According to many occult writings, the Stone is kept in the underground city of Shambhala and fragments of it are to be lend out to humanity to assist them in the time of great disasters and wars. Roerich travelled to Tibet with the Stone (after a mysterious detour to Russia via Siberia); it is speculated that he indeed reached Shambhala, as he was thought missing between summer of 1927 and June of 1928, when the entourage mysteriously reappeared in India.
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