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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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The Way of Truth

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1619 pp. 243–244 · scans ER247, ER248

Es haben auch die Alten von vielen Farben meldung gethan, als erst schwartz, darnach weiß, Citrinfarb, letzlich roth, auch grün vnnd allerley Farben, welches auch nichts dann betrug ist, damit sie dich verleiten, daß du dich auff andere natürliche wege begebest, vnnd also im Vnverstand bleiben müssest. Dann die Alten sein sehr subtil gewesen, haben sich häfftig bemühet, daß sie ihre Rede vnnd Sprüche, mit so verdäckten Worten köndten schmücken vnd zieren, damit der gemeine Mann, was sie hierunder angedeutet hetten, nit möcht begreiffen.

1619 pp. 243–244 · scans ER247, ER248

The Sophic Hydrolith: The Way of Truth

1619 pp. 243–244 · scans ER247, ER248

The ancients also mentioned many colours: first black, then white, citrine and finally red, as well as green and every sort of colour. This too is nothing but deception, intended to mislead you into taking other natural paths and thus to keep you in ignorance. For the ancients were very subtle and took great pains to adorn their statements and sayings with such veiled words that ordinary people could not comprehend what they meant by them.

1619 pp. 243–244 · scans ER247, ER248

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.