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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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Part One

German & Latin

1619 pp. 13–14 · scans ER017, ER018

Erstlich soll ein jeglicher Gottliebender Chymist vnd solcher kunst Philosophus vor allen dingen diß in betrachtung nehmen / daß nemlich solch Arcanum nicht allein vor die gröste vnnd allerhöchste / sondern auch für ein heilige kunst (dieweil das allerhöchste himlische Gut / vnd das allerheiligste des Allmächtigen darinnen angebildet vnd abgemahlet wirdt) zu achten vnd zu halten ist. Darumb wer zu diesem hohen vnd vnaußsprechlichen geheimnuß gelangen oder kommen will / der soll wissen / das solche kunst nicht in gewalt deß Menschen / sondern in dem gnedigen willen Gottes sey / vnd beruhe / vnd nit das wollen oder verlangen / sondern das erbarmen deß Allmächtigen darzu helffe vnd fordere. Darumb du dann zu forderst Gottsförchtig sein / dein Hertz allein zu Gott erheben / vnnd mit einem rechten inbrünstigen vnd glaubigen Gebett / jn vmb solche Gab allein bitten / dann sie allein von jm gegeben werden vnd herkommen muß.

1619 pp. 13–14 · scans ER017, ER018

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part One

1619 pp. 13–14 · scans ER017, ER018

First, every chymist who loves God and every philosopher of this art should consider above all that this arcanum is to be esteemed and regarded not only as the greatest and highest art, but also as a holy art, because the highest heavenly good and the holiest mystery of the Almighty are represented and portrayed within it. Whoever wishes to reach this high and inexpressible secret should therefore know that the art is not subject to human power, but rests upon God’s gracious will. Neither willing nor desiring brings it forward: the mercy of the Almighty assists and furthers it. Before all else, then, you must fear God, lift your heart to God alone, and ask him alone for this gift in true, fervent and believing prayer, for it must be given by him alone and come from him.

1619 pp. 13–14 · scans ER017, ER018

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.