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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 36–37 · scans ER040, ER041

Wann nuhn solches auch verrichtet / so sigillir vnd verlutir daß Glaß auffs fleissigste zu / damit das eingesetzte Compositum nit verzauche / oder hinweg fliehen thue: setze es als dann in deinen darzu gehörigen ofen / gib jhme eines grads hoch / gar ein lindes / vnd stetes / auch lüfftiges vnd dempffiges Fewer / dessen wärme gleich als wann ein Hänn vber jhren Eyern sitzt / zuvergleichen ist.

1619 pp. 36–37 · scans ER040, ER041

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Two

1619 pp. 36–37 · scans ER040, ER041

When this too has been done, seal and lute the glass with the greatest care, so that the compound placed within it cannot escape or fly away. Then place it in the appropriate furnace. Give it fire of the first degree: very gentle and steady, also airy and vaporous, with a warmth comparable to that of a hen sitting upon her eggs.

1619 pp. 36–37 · scans ER040, ER041

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.