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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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Opening Explanation

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German & Latin

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Vnd nachdem diese jetzt erzehlte Philosophi von diesem hohen magisterio warhafftig vnnd ohne falsch geschrieben / auch jren beweis / auß dem rechten Grundt vnd Brunquell der Natur geschöpfft vnd gelernet haben / so werden hingegen biß dato widerumb viel falsche Pseudo-Philosophi vnnd betrüger gefunden / die sich solcher Kunst wissenschafft fälschlich berühmen / vnnd gleicher gestalt von solcher zu thun sich vnderfangen / vnd der obgedachten Philosophen Schrifften zum deckel jhres betrugs fälschlich mißbrauchen / die Leuth nur darmit äffen / jnen das maul auffspretzen vnd einen blawen dunst für die augen machen / welche dann sowohl auch die jenigen die sich von jhnen auffsetzen lassen / folgende warnung wohl betrachten vnnd zu gemüth führen solten.

1619 pp. 9 · scans ER013

The Sophic Hydrolith: Opening Explanation

1619 pp. 9 · scans ER013

The philosophers just named wrote truthfully and without deception about this high magistery, drawing their proof and knowledge from the true foundation and wellspring of nature. By contrast, many false pseudo-philosophers and cheats are still to be found who falsely boast that they know this art and undertake to practise it. They fraudulently misuse the writings of those philosophers as a cover for their deception, merely fooling people, making them gape and throwing a blue mist before their eyes. Both these deceivers and the people who allow themselves to be drawn in by them should carefully consider and take to heart the following warning.

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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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This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

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.