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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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Opening Explanation

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1619 pp. 4 · scans ER008

Nach solchem eyffrigen vnd fleissigen nachforschen aber haben sie endtlich diß erkündiget vnnd erlernet / wie nemblich nichts in dieser Welt zufinden / das den zergenglichen Leib vom Todt erretten oder befreyen könte (als welcher vnsern ersten Eltern Adam vnd Eua zur straff vfferlegt were / der sich auch von allen jhren nachkommen nimmermehr scheyden liesse) allein diß einige dinge / so an jm selbsten von Naturen zerstörlich vnd von GOTT dem Menschen zu gutem verordnet / das die verderbung hinweg neme / alle vnuollkommene Cörper wider heilen könte / das alte reiniget / vnnd das kurtze Leben / wie in den alten Patriarchen erlängern thette.

1619 pp. 4 · scans ER008

The Sophic Hydrolith: Opening Explanation

1619 pp. 4 · scans ER008

After this eager and diligent investigation, however, they finally discovered and learned that nothing could be found in this world capable of rescuing or freeing the perishable body from death. Death had been imposed as a punishment upon our first parents, Adam and Eve, and could never be separated from any of their descendants. There was only this single thing, itself by nature destructible, ordained by God for human benefit, that could remove corruption, heal all imperfect bodies, cleanse what was old and prolong the short span of life, as in the ancient patriarchs.

1619 pp. 4 · scans ER008

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.