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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 39–40 · scans ER043, ER044

Hierzwischen aber werden im Glaß oder Faß mancherley zeichen vnnd farben / darauff dann wohl achtung zugeben / vnnd man sich auch darnach zurichten hat / erscheinen werden: wann man nu solche nach einander sihet / so ist es ein gut anzeigung / daß es zu einem glücklichen außgang kommen werde. Erstlich erzeigen sich körner / gleich wie Fisch augen / dann ein circkel vmb die Materi / so gleichsam rothlecht / dann einmal weißlecht / ferners wirdt es grün vnd gelb gleich einem Pfawen schwantz: hernach auff das allerschönste weiß / vndtlich gar Fewer vnd Blutroth / biß nach vergangener zeit / wann dem werck ein grösser Fewer vnd hitz geben / die Seel vnd Geist / mit seinem am boden ligenden Leib / widerumb vollkömlich in eine vnzertrennliche vnnd vnaußlößliche fixigkeit vereiniget worden ist / welche vereinigung dann wegen grosser vnaußsprechlicher verwunderung / auch ohne bestürtzung / forcht vnd schrecken nicht wol kan gesehen vnd betrachtet werden: als dann ein new aufferwecktes / lebendiges / vollkommenes vnd glorificirtes Corpus gesehen vnd gefunden wirt / welches dann die allerschönste purpurfabröthe gleich einem Scharlach in sich hat / dessen Tinctur hernach alle andere imperfecta corpora immutirt, tingirt vñ heilt / davon hernacher weiters anregung geschehen.

1619 pp. 39–40 · scans ER043, ER044

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Two

1619 pp. 39–40 · scans ER043, ER044

Meanwhile many signs and colours will appear in the glass or vessel. Observe them carefully and direct yourself accordingly. If you see them follow one another, this is a good indication that the work will reach a fortunate end. First there appear grains like fish-eyes, then a circle around the matter, somewhat reddish, and then at one point whitish. It next becomes green and yellow like a peacock’s tail, afterwards most beautifully white, and finally fiery and blood-red. After time has passed and greater fire and heat have been given to the work, the soul and spirit are fully reunited with their body lying at the bottom, in an inseparable and indissoluble fixed state. This union is such a great and inexpressible marvel that it can scarcely be seen and contemplated without astonishment, fear and trembling. Then a newly risen, living, perfect and glorified body is seen and found, containing the most beautiful purple-red colour, like scarlet. Its tincture afterwards changes, tinges and heals all other imperfect bodies, as will be discussed further below.

1619 pp. 39–40 · scans ER043, ER044

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.