Forgive me if this is a little esoteric. I've given the instructions for these processes plainly already, many times. As I feel myself nearing something worthy of being a noteworthy philosophical preparation of plant matter, everything else is left only to experimentation, adaptation, and investment in the process.
The ancients stumbled upon the stone by accident, and those accidents must be repeated to have a true understanding of the nature of the world... here's some pictures.
It all starts very simply. Some water, some matter, and some fire. The three essentials.
These are used to make the golden water, as well as any number of products, based on the alchemist's needs. The golden water in particular is special. There is, I'm sure, a proper ratio and darkness that will yield the best results, but in general, the processes speed up with concentration until the mixture begins to gel, where the processes slow back down. Finding the right concentration and wait time for the work is up to the practitioner.
Addition of another wonderful product from the above list will also speed up the processes, allowing them to take place even with only the base golden water. A separation will appear, and the colors will shine.
There are downsides and complexities added when accelerating the process in this way, but they deliver some stunning results. Behold, the phoenix appears, risen from the ashes.
There are of course some other results, such as curious oily crystals floating above the now darkened massa:
I'm still tinkering with the process. Some of the pictures above came from simple experimentation, and a fault in my setup forced me to pause, where I noticed these same reactions taking place at a slower speed in my storage vessels. The process is slower, but the separation occurs. In order to completely strip the material naked of it's particular nature and get it in raw form takes some more work, yet all the same, the way is paved for the next portion of the work. I think in the simple variant, a particular plant essence can be evolved. For the more general stone, a proper removal of everything but the most essential elements shared among the vegetable kingdom as a whole is required, but it's a trivial thing to strip off these particulars.
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