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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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Philosophical Summary

German & Latin

1619 pp. 219–221 · scans ER223, ER224, ER225

Auff daß aber niemand dißfalls jrre / so kan er so wenig von der Natur vnter der Erden nicht congeliret werden / daß nicht bald ein fix granum komme / welchs von den zweyen spermatibus deß Mercurii nicht ein wahres germen herfür bringe: wie in den Bleygängen zu sehen. Dann es ist kein solcher Gang / daß nicht ein wahres fixes granum da sey / nemblich deß Goldes vnnd Silbers / in Substantz vnnd Nahrung. Die erste congelation deß Mercurii ist die minera deß Bleyes / vnnd ist jhme die bequemeste / jhn zur perfection zu bringen / daß er fix werde. Dann wie zuvor gesagt / so ist die minera deß Bleyes nicht ohne ein fixes granum deß Goldes vnd Silbers: welche grana die Natur dahin gibt: also kan er sich multipliciren zur Perfection vnnd völliger Krafft zu kommen / wie ich solches erfahren habe vnd für gewiß bestetigen kan. So lang als er in seinem Mercurio, das ist / von seiner minera nicht separirt, sondern wol verwahret ist (denn alles Metall / so in der minera noch ist / das ist noch ein Mercurius) kan er sich multipliciren, wann er nur von seinem Mercurio eine Substantz haben kan. Wann aber das fixe granum hinweg genommen / vnd von seinem Mercurio, welcher seine minera ist / geschieden / wirdt er seyn wie ein grünend vnzeitig Obst auff dem Baum / wenn die Blüt vergehet / so fänget die Frucht an sich zu formiren, vnd wird ein Apffel darauß. Wer aber die vnzeitige Frucht abbreche / würde jhre erste formation verderben: dann der Mensch hat nit die Wissenschafft zu geben eine Substantz oder die Zeitigung / wie die vntere Natur wol vermag / weil die Frucht noch am Baum ist / vnd jhre Substantz vnd Nahrung von der Natur haben kan. Solang man nun der Zeitigung erwartet / also lang nimmet die Frucht den Geschmack an / vnd ziehet steuges Safft an sich / sich vermehrend vnd ernehrend / biß daß sie gar zeitig vnd vollkommen wirdt.

1619 pp. 219–221 · scans ER223, ER224, ER225

The Sophic Hydrolith: Philosophical Summary

1619 pp. 219–221 · scans ER223, ER224, ER225

But so that no one errs in this matter: Nature cannot congeal it beneath the earth, even to the smallest extent, without a fixed grain soon appearing, one that brings forth a true germ from Mercury’s two seeds, as may be seen in lead veins. For there is no such vein without a true fixed grain in it, namely of gold and silver, in substance and nourishment. Mercury’s first congelation is the ore of lead, and this is the most suitable for bringing it to perfection so that it becomes fixed. As said above, lead ore is not without a fixed grain of gold and silver; Nature places these grains there. Thus it can multiply and attain perfection and full strength, as I have experienced and can certainly affirm. As long as it remains within its Mercury—that is, is not separated from its ore but kept safely within it, for every metal still within the ore is still a Mercury—it can multiply, provided only that it can obtain substance from its Mercury. But when the fixed grain is taken away and separated from its Mercury, which is its ore, it will be like green, unripe fruit on the tree. When the blossom passes away, the fruit begins to form and becomes an apple. Anyone who plucked the unripe fruit would destroy its first formation, for a person does not have the knowledge to impart substance or ripening as lower Nature can while the fruit is still on the tree and can receive its substance and nourishment from Nature. As one waits for it to ripen, the fruit acquires its flavour and continually draws sap into itself, increasing and nourishing itself until it becomes fully ripe and perfect.

1619 pp. 219–221 · scans ER223, ER224, ER225

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.