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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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The Way of Truth

German & Latin

1619 pp. 240 · scans ER244

Andere namen, als Auripigm: Arsen: Marcasita belangendt, sein nit von Philosophis, sondern von losen vnverständigen Buben vnd Sophisten, welche selbst die Warheit nicht gewust, erdichtet. Darumb wollestu dich hinfuro der Sophisten entschlagen, vnd nichts anders thun, als der Natur nachfolgen, welche nur eine schlechte kochung erfordert, so wirstu nicht betrogen. Wann du nun nicht so sehr verführet, vñ der Natur ein wenig nachtrachten wilt, wirstu dich ohn zweiffel bald können erinnern, was doch die Matery sey, darauß die Metallischen Creaturen progenerirt werden. Aber dennoch mustu von erst die Metallische Natur, warumb Sol, Luna, Venus, Mars, Iupiter, vnd Saturnus alle Metallen sein, was jhr vrsprung ist, daß sie Metallen geworden sein, recht lernen erkennen.

1619 pp. 240 · scans ER244

The Sophic Hydrolith: The Way of Truth

1619 pp. 240 · scans ER244

Other names, such as auripigment, arsenic and marcasite, were invented by worthless, ignorant scoundrels and sophists who themselves knew nothing of the truth, rather than by philosophers. Henceforth free yourself from the sophists and do nothing but follow Nature, which requires only plain coction; then you will not be deceived. If you are not too badly misled, and are willing to consider Nature a little, you will doubtless soon be able to discern the matter from which metallic creatures are generated. First, however, you must learn to understand metallic Nature correctly: why Sol, Luna, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are all metals, and what their origin is, through which they have become metals.

1619 pp. 240 · scans ER244

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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Rights

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.