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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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Closing Epigrams

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1619 pp. 152–153 · scans ER156, ER157

Ihr Leib oben entblösset gar Zeuge / daß sie mit Lust immerdar Gelieber wir für Gold vnd Gut Wer sie nur einmal sehen thut Ja wann sie also bloß entdeckt / Erblicket wir / oder geschmeckt / So kan man sich jhrer zumall Schwerlich verzeihen vberall Vnd doch solch Liebe / wo man kan Verbirgt / daß zeige die Laruen an Ist gleichwol darbey gantz vnd gar Eins freyen Hertzens offenbar Ihr Wort vnd Red sind schlecht / geradt Dann sie kein Falschheit in jhr hat. Hat auch nun auffrichtigen Muth Daß jhr frischer stand zeigen thut / Vnd doch darbey auch gleichs in sicht Als were sie zum Fall gericht / Welches bedeutt / daß sie jeder zeit Von der Welt hat viel haß vnd neidt / Diese sucht vmb zustossen gar Jedoch sie sich stets immerdar Wider empor / bald hoch auffricht / Bleibt standhafftig vnd verschreckt nicht. Beyd gegen Menschen vnd auch Gott

1619 pp. 152–153 · scans ER156, ER157

The Sophic Hydrolith: Closing Epigrams

1619 pp. 152–153 · scans ER156, ER157

Her body, wholly bare above, Shows that with enduring delight She is loved more than gold and goods By anyone who has seen her even once. Indeed, when she is thus uncovered, Glimpsed or tasted, It is very hard To do without her. Yet this love is concealed where possible, As the mask indicates. She is nevertheless entirely Open-hearted and free. Her words and speech are plain and direct, For she has no falsehood within her. She has an upright spirit too, As her vigorous posture shows, Though she also seems As if she were poised to fall. This means that at every moment She encounters much hatred and envy from the world, Which seeks to overthrow her completely. Yet she constantly Rises up again at once, Remains steadfast and does not yield, Both before people and before God.

1619 pp. 152–153 · scans ER156, ER157

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.