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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 40 · scans ER044

Wann dann das Werck mit Gottes hülff also zu einem glückseligen end gebracht / vnd der Weisen edler Phænix oder wunder Vogel erhohen / so wirstu als dann abermahl mit gebogenen Knien vnd Hertzen dem Allmächtigen / der dann der fürnembste regierer dieses gantzen Wercks gewesen ist / für seine erzeigte herrliche wolthat vnd gnade zudancken / ferner solches auch zu seinem lob vnd Ehr / vnd den dürfftigen almosen recht anlegen / vnd zu brauchen wissen. Also hastu hiemit wahrhafftig den rechten bericht deß gantzen proceß / mit welchem diese edle Kunst vnd hohes Werck / als dz Philosophische Ey vnd der Stein der Weisen / auffgeschlossen / zu / zubereitet vnd verfertiget werden kan.

1619 pp. 40 · scans ER044

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Two

1619 pp. 40 · scans ER044

When, with God’s help, the work has thus been brought to a fortunate end and the noble phoenix or wonder-bird of the wise has arisen, you must again, with knees and heart bowed, thank the Almighty, who has been the chief governor of this whole work, for his glorious benefit and grace. You must also know how to apply and use it rightly for his praise and honour and for alms to those in need. Here, then, you truly have the correct account of the whole process by which this noble art and high work—the philosophical egg and the Stone of the Wise—can be opened, prepared and completed.

1619 pp. 40 · scans 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.