Alchemy Starter Set

Alchemy Starter Set

Professor Mercury's MERCURIOSITIES Boxes created by "M" and distributed to people in various ways potentially around the globe. Known sets are labeled A005 through A014. A second series beginning with 0000018 has also been found/received.

Boxes

Box retrieval status:

A005

Found By: rachelfershleiser

Bible passage: Exodus XII

Bible story: First Passover

Card:

Wood vial: 7/3

Water/oil vial: 6/9

Dirt/coal vial: 10/11

Air vial: 1/23

A006

Found By: sfmola

Bible passage: Genesis XXXIX, XL, and XLI [1]

Bible story: Joseph denying Potiphar's wife, beginning to interpret dreams

Wood vial: 8/13

Water/oil vial: 2/7

Dirt/coal vial: 10/22

Air vial: 9/13

Received via mail.

A007

LOST IN POST AS OF 1/4/13 (UPDATE: IN TRANSIT)

A008

Found By: shens

Bible passage: Genesis XIV, XV

Bible story: Abram rescues Lot; God promises Abram a son in his old age

Wood vial: 10/26

Water/oil vial: 12/8

Dirt/coal vial: 1/14

Air vial: 7/2

A009

Found By: crookedindifference

Bible passage: Genesis XLII

Bible story: Joseph (in disguise as an Egyptian official) gives grain to the brothers who sold him into slavery

Wood vial: UNKNOWN

Water/oil vial: UNKNOWN

Dirt/coal vial: UNKNOWN

Air vial: UNKNOWN

A010

Found by: damekathryn

Bible passage: Genesis XLVIII, XLIX

Bible story: Jacob blesses Ephraim, Manasseh, and all his sons before breathing his last breath

Vial 1: 11/4

Vial 2: 7/24

Vial 3: 8/3

Vial 4: 2/12

Location found: Found buried along Ghost Town Rd, Barstow, CA

A011

Found by: powerllama

Bible passage: Genesis XXIV, XXV

Bible story: Isaac marries Rebecca, Birth of Esau and Jacob, Jacob blackmails Esau out of his birthright

Playing card under Bible page: 5 of Clubs

Wood vial: 2/27

Water/oil vial: 6/26

Dirt/coal vial: 1/10

Air vial: 4/24

Location Found: Griffith Park (Griffith Observatory), Los Angeles, CA

A012

LAST SEEN ON TABLE IN THE BEAT COFFEE SHOP IN OLD LAS VEGAS 1/1/13

(Several calls have been made to the Beat Coffeehouse according to the lady answering the phone but there is no box there.)

A013

UNKNOWN. According to M, A011 was mistakenly listed as A013.

A014

A014 - IN TRANSIT

0000018

Found by: stella-corona

Bible passage: Exodus I, II, II

Bible story:

Playing card: Jack of Hearts

Fire/Wood vial:

Water/oil vial:

Earth/Dirt/coal vial:

Air vial:

It is not possible from the tumblr photo to determine which vial has which numer set. The numbers are: 11/17, 9/18, and 9/8. One vial appears to have no numbers.

Received via mail.

0000021

Sent to: davesnothere

Bible passage: Genesis XX-XXII

Bible story:

Playing card under Bible page: King of Hearts

Fire/Wood vial: 6/2

Water/oil vial: 8/15

Earth/Dirt/coal vial: 2/20

Air vial: 6/11

0000023

Sent to: ohhoe

Bible passage: Exodus XVIII, XIX

Bible story:

Playing card under Bible page: Ace of Hearts

Fire/Wood vial: 5/16

Water/oil vial: none

Earth/Dirt/coal vial: 11/15

Air vial: 7/19

0000024

Found by: madejyalook

Bible passage:

Bible story:

Playing card under Bible page: 8 of Spades

Vials: No numbers are written on the vial corks.

Location Found: "Beneath the clock near the Center of the Universe," University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

0000025

Sent to: lonelydoll

Bible passage: Exodus VII, VIII, IX

Bible story:

Playing card under Bible page: Jack of Clubs

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Air vial:

From the photo, it is unclear which numbers belong to which vial. The numbers are 10/18, 5/31, 2/25, and 11/26

0000028

Sent to: tsumik

Bible passage: Exodus IV-VI

Bible story:

Playing card under Bible page: Jack of diamonds

Fire/Wood vial: 8/1

Water/oil vial: 4/19

Earth/Dirt/coal vial: 5/24

Air vial: 10/8

0000031

Sent to:

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Key:

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Location Found: Mailed directly

0000033

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Location Found: Mailed directly

0000034

Sent to: lalamouth

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Air:

Key: Spencerville

Card: 10 of Clubs

Location Found: Mailed directly

0000035

Sent to: magashi

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Air vial:

Location Found: Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ

A0000038

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A048

Sent to: davesnothere

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A075

Sent to: ofmistakes

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A082

Sent to: potjie

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A084

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A087

Sent to: whatsupmakelove

Bible passage: Numbers XX, XXI

Bible story:Chapters have to do with Moses traveling with his people for forever in the desert. Chapter Numbers chapter 20 has to do with Moses being commanded by God to make water out of a stone he picks up. Numbers chapter 21 has some of Moses’s followers complaining and then God attacking them with serpents. When Moses comes to God with the problem, God tells him to make a serpent of bronze and have the people bitten look into it’s eyes to be healed. [2]

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A088

Sent to: Laura Hall

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Key: Tillersville

Location Found: Mailed directly

A119

Sent to: morrowplanet

Bible passage: Numbers XXIII

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Air:

Key: Jayhawk

Location Found: Mailed directly

A126

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A130

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A146

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A147

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A148

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A161

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A163

Sent to: subjectoftowels

Bible passage: II Samuel III IV V (pages 221-222)

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Key:

Card: 8 of Clubs

Location Found: Mailed directly

A164

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A165

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A177

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A182

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A184

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A185

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A192

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Location Found: Mailed directly

A170

Sent to: therachaellee

Bible passage: 2 Samuel 28:6-33 and 29:1-39 pages 233 and 234 respectively

Bible story:

Bible Page Observations: Page 234 a pencil marking covers the a of “answered” (v21)

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Key: Nora

Card: 9 of Hearts

Note that M's note in this box is messily scrawled, as opposed to the neat writing on the other boxes. Box A173 also has messy writing.

Location Found: Mailed directly

A173

Sent to: nickyvanderwatt

Bible passage: Det XXVIII - Det XXIX XXX, unmarked.

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Air:

Key: Belk Corner

Card:

"L" is written on the inside of the box.

Location Found: Mailed directly

A175

Sent to: therachaellee

Bible passage: 2 Samuel 8:10 - 11:27.

Bible story:

Bible Page Observations: "There are no distinguishing marks that I can see thus far, apart from a brown stain in the centre of the page."

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Air:

Key: Eldon

Card: none

There is an “R” written on the insert of the tin.

Location Found: Mailed directly

A198

Sent to: thebruce

Bible passage: 2 Chronicles 29:23-30:17 on the front (p327) and through to chapter 31 verse 18 (p328)

Bible story:

Bible Page Observations: 27 pencil markings cover the b of “burnt offering” (v27), the D of “David king of Israel” (v27) and the period after “in the second month." (ch30 v2) (the pencil markings are visible on the flipside though as well, but they seem to be placed more relevantly on the front)

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Air:

Key: Camas

Card:

Note: There’s no letter on the inner lining of the tin as others have found.

Location Found: Mailed directly