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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 43–44 · scans ER047, ER048

Hier solte ich auch vmb der zeit / so darzu gehörig / wann vnd wie lang zu jeglichem Actu, solche verrichtung geschehe / etwas außführlicher anmelden / welches aber alß hier mit keinem gewissen Termin nicht wol beschrieben werden kan. Dann gemeldte Philosophi mit derselben auch gar vngleicher meinung seindt / Sintemahl wir auß jhren Schrifften zusehen / immer einer langsamer als der ander den effectum erlanget. Es ist aber vorhin erinnert vnd vermeldet worden / daß in solchem allen auff die Natur (wie sich dieselbe in andern dingen erzeige) gute achtung gegeben werde. Wann man nun solches thut / vnd demselbigen fleissig obseruirt, auch in allem vorgehen / daß rechte mittel helt / so kan man eh mit solchem Werck zur perfection gelangen.

1619 pp. 43–44 · scans ER047, ER048

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Two

1619 pp. 43–44 · scans ER047, ER048

I should also give a somewhat fuller account of the time required, when and for how long each action is to be performed. Yet no certain period can well be prescribed here. The philosophers mentioned differ greatly in their opinions about it, for their writings show that one always attains the result more slowly than another. It has already been urged and stated, however, that careful attention must be paid in all this to nature, as it reveals itself in other things. If one does so, diligently observes it and keeps the right mean in every undertaking, the work may reach perfection the sooner.

1619 pp. 43–44 · scans ER047, ER048

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.