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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 38–39 · scans ER042, ER043

Nach verschienener zeit aber / weil es mit dem Fewer eines grads weiter erhöhet / vnd vnuertrossen digerirt wirdt / gibt es sich auch gemach tropfflicht wider hernider / imbibirt, befeuchtet / trencket vnd erquicket also daß Corpus, daß es nicht gar verschmachte vnnd verbrennen thue: steiget darnach wider obersich / dann wider vndersich / vnn solches geschicht auch vngefähr zu7.mahlen: als dann das Fewer abermals eines grads stercker gerichtet werden muß / doch nicht der meynung / als wann du darmit eilen soltest. Dann das mittel vnd regiment deß Fewers / an welchem am meisten geles / durchaus fleissig gehalten wil werden.

1619 pp. 38–39 · scans ER042, ER043

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Two

1619 pp. 38–39 · scans ER042, ER043

After some time, however, as it is further raised with fire of one degree and steadily digested, it gradually returns downward in drops, imbibing, moistening, soaking and refreshing the body so that it does not wholly languish and burn. It then rises upward again and descends again. This happens approximately seven times. The fire must then be arranged one degree stronger, yet this does not mean that you should hurry it. The measure and governance of the fire, upon which most depends, must be maintained diligently throughout.

1619 pp. 38–39 · scans ER042, ER043

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.