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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 79–80 · scans ER083, ER084

Dahero es dann auch1.Cor.2.sonderlich den Weisen dieser Welt/ ein Thorheit genennt wirt/ ja es wirt nicht allein gering geschätzt vnnd verachtet/ sondern auch noch darzu als eine Ketzerey verdampt vnd verbannt/ welches woll einem Gottes Hertzen schmertzlich vnd erbarmlich zu vernehmen/ will geschweigen/ zu sehen/ oder zu erfahren sein solte. Aber wie dem allem so müssen die rechtglaubige dadurch probirt vnnd bewehrt/ wie auch die vor angezogne Zeugnussen rechtschaffens erfüllet werden. Welche auch Johan.am1.bezeuget/ da er spricht: Es war (verstehe das Wort) in der Welt/ vnd die Welt kante es nicht. Item er kam in sein Eigenthumb/ vnd die seinen namen jhn nicht auff. Ferners wie der leibliche vnd jrdische Wasserstein der Weisen/ dessen Krafft vnnd Tugend nicht zu ergründen neben seiner materia viel vnd mancherley namen von den Philosophis bekommen hat. Also vnnd ebener massen/ hat auch solches einiges Numen vnd Lumen dessen Krafft vnnd Allmacht auch nit zu erforschen in H.Göttlicher Schrifft/ viel vnd mancherley Titel vnnd Namen/ als die fürnembsten wir kürtzlich zu erzehlen.

1619 pp. 79–80 · scans ER083, ER084

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Four

1619 pp. 79–80 · scans ER083, ER084

It is therefore called foolishness, especially by the wise of this world, in 1 Corinthians 2. Indeed, it is not merely held in low esteem and despised, but also condemned and banished as heresy. It ought to be painful and grievous for a godly heart even to hear of this, let alone to see or experience it. Yet through all this the true believers must be tried and proved, and the testimonies quoted above must be properly fulfilled. John also bears witness to these in his first chapter, saying: “It”—understand the Word—“was in the world, and the world did not know it.” Likewise: “He came to his own, and his own did not receive him.” Further, just as the bodily, earthly water-stone of the wise, whose power and virtue cannot be fathomed, has received many and various names from the philosophers in addition to the name of its matter, so too that one divinity and light, whose power and omnipotence are likewise beyond investigation, has many and various titles and names in holy divine Scripture. We shall briefly recount the foremost of them.

1619 pp. 79–80 · scans ER083, ER084

About This Reading Edition

The anonymous Water Stone of the Wise of 1619, with German text, a new English translation, 240 annotations, three companion treatises from the original volume, two separately identified responses of 1661, and the complete supplied study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Anonymous, Wasserstein der Weysen. Frankfurt: Lucas Jennis, 1619. The governing e-rara copy belongs to the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung, Zürich (DOI 10.3931/e-rara-8968). The work is traditionally attributed to Johann Siebmacher; this remains an attribution, not a name printed in the anonymous witness. The separately sourced First and Second Responses use the 1661 Wolfenbüttel witness, qun-642-1s, pp. 200–206.

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Historical texts printed in 1619 and 1661 are in the public domain. The supplied 2026 German reading text, new English translation, introduction, notes and complete study apparatus are published with the site owner’s authorization. The original triangle is credited to the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung, Zürich, and e-rara, Public Domain Mark.