elixir of life
Legendary eternal draught
The elixir of life is a legendary potion believed to grant immortality or eternal youth.
Alchemists spent centuries searching for it alongside the philosopher's stone.
The phrase now describes anything promising miraculous rejuvenation or vitality: She treats her morning coffee as the elixir of life.
Gods' immortality-granting food
- nectarFloral sugar water
- somaBodily cells, excluding gametes
- golden applesLegendary precious fruit
- holy grailSupremely elusive objective
fountain of youth · panacea · manna · ichor · chalice · philosopher's stone
Permanent freedom from aging
- deathlessnessQuality of being eternal
- agelessnessImmunity to aging
- undyingLasting without end
- timelessnessFreedom from temporal decay
perpetuity · eternity · rejuvenation · fountain of youth · imperishability · transcendence · longevity · vitality
Legendary substance enabling transmutation
- transmutationComplete change of form
- magnum opusCreator's supreme achievement
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
- hermetic sealImpervious joint or closure
alembic · crucible · hermeticism · universal solvent · secret formula · distillation · tincture · mercury
Act of seeking
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
discovery · pursuit · grail quest · adventure · exploration · crusade · mission · seeker
ambrosia
Gods' immortality-granting food
- nectarFloral sugar water
- somaBodily cells, excluding gametes
- golden applesLegendary precious fruit
holy grail · fountain of youth · panacea · manna · ichor · chalice · philosopher's stone
eternal youth
Permanent freedom from aging
- deathlessnessQuality of being eternal
- agelessnessImmunity to aging
- undyingLasting without end
timelessness · perpetuity · eternity · rejuvenation · fountain of youth · imperishability · transcendence · longevity · vitality · restoration
philosopher's stone
Legendary substance enabling transmutation
- transmutationComplete change of form
- magnum opusCreator's supreme achievement
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
hermetic seal · alembic · crucible · hermeticism · universal solvent · secret formula · distillation · tincture · mercury · sulfur
search
Act of seeking
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
journey · discovery · pursuit · grail quest · adventure · exploration · crusade · mission · seeker · treasure hunt
- Fictional ObjectsExcalibur, magic carpet, invisibility cloak, Mjolnir, One Ring
- immortalityimmortality, immortals, deathlessness, deathless, agelessness
- alchemyalchemy, alchemist, philosopher's stone, transmutation, magnum opus
- arcane substancesphilosopher's stone, quintessence, phlogiston, aether, aqua regia
- heroic questquest, odyssey, call to adventure, hero's journey, departure
- magical substancesmana, ichor, ambrosia, nectar, ether
elixir of lifepoison
Harmful ingested substance
deadly poison · venom · toxin · kiss of death · hemlock
elixir of lifewasting disease
Illness causing bodily deterioration
plague · pestilence · blight · corruption · entropy
elixir of lifekiss of death
Ultimately ruinous act
death knell · death sentence · angel of death · mortality · memento mori