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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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Part One

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1619 pp. 14–15 · scans ER018, ER019

Wann nun auff solches Gott der Allmechtige (der aller Hertzen ein erkündiger ist) bey dir ein rechtschaffenes / getrewes vnd vnbetrügliches gemüth sihet vnd findet / daß du nemblich solches zu keinem andern end / dann allein zu seinem lob / vnnd ehr / zuerforschen vnd zu erlernen begehrst / so wird er dich ohn allen zweiffel / seiner verheissung nach / erhören / vnd durch seinen H. Geist also führen vnd leiten / das du durch mittel zu einem anfang stätlich kommen vnd gelangen wirst / darauß du nimmermehr herauß gedencken dörffen / also das du in deinem Hertzen spüren vnnd sehen wirst / wie der gnedige GOTT dein Gebett erhöret / vnd zu einem glücklichen eingang dir allbereit gleichsamb eine eröffnung gethan / vnnd gewiesen habe.

1619 pp. 14–15 · scans ER018, ER019

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part One

1619 pp. 14–15 · scans ER018, ER019

If Almighty God, who searches all hearts, then sees and finds in you an upright, faithful and undeceitful disposition—namely, that you desire to investigate and learn this art for no other purpose than his praise and honour—he will without any doubt hear you according to his promise. Through his Holy Spirit he will lead and guide you so that, by the means provided, you will come steadily to a beginning from which you need never wish to depart. You will feel and see in your heart how the gracious God has heard your prayer and has already, as it were, opened and shown you a fortunate entrance.

1619 pp. 14–15 · scans ER018, ER019

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.