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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 30–31 · scans ER034, ER035

Erstlich mustu dieselbe offt ermelte materiam oder primum Ens, so die Philosophi auch das höchste gut der Natur genennet / vor allen dingen dissoluiren vñ aufflösen. Es von seiner aquositet vnd terrestreitet (dann es anfangs ein jrrdisches schweres Corpus, ein rauhes / zehes / schleimiges vñ nebel wässeriges Corpus anzusehen ist) purificirn vnd reinigen / auch seinen dunckeln dickenblickigen schatten / mit welchem es obumbrirt, jhme abnehmen / damit also nach solche durch fernere Sublimation, jhm sein Hertz vnd innerliche seel / so in jhm verborgen / auch auß jhm diuidirt vnd genommen / vnd in ein lieblich wesen gebracht werden möge. Solches aber alles durch das grosse Catholische Meerwasser / welches durch seinen schnellen gleichsfliessenden ab vnd zulauff den gantzen Erdkreiß befeuchtet vnd fruchtbar machet / vnd darzu auch so süß / schön klar / hell vnd fürleuchtend / daß es weit höher vnd schöner dann Goldt vnnd Silber / oder einem Carbunckel / diamant glantz mit verwunderung anzuschawen ist / geschehe / in welches gesegnete Wasser gemelte materia in jhr auch beschließlich vereiniget sey.

1619 pp. 30–31 · scans ER034, ER035

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Two

1619 pp. 30–31 · scans ER034, ER035

First and above all you must dissolve and open up the repeatedly mentioned matter, or first being, which the philosophers also called nature’s highest good. Purify and cleanse it of its wateriness and earthiness—for at first it appears as an earthly, heavy body, rough, tenacious, slimy and mistily watery. Remove also the dark, thick-looking shadow that overshadows it, so that afterwards, by further sublimation, its heart and inward soul, concealed within it, may also be separated and taken out of it and brought into a lovely state. All this is to be done through the great universal sea-water, which moistens and makes fruitful the whole earth with its swift, evenly flowing ebb and flood. It is also so sweet, beautifully clear, bright and shining that it is a far more exalted and beautiful marvel to behold than gold and silver or the gleam of a carbuncle or diamond. The said matter is to be enclosed and united within this blessed water.

1619 pp. 30–31 · scans ER034, ER035

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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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.