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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 46 · scans ER050

Proceß deß gantzen Wercks kurtz angezeigt. Die erste oder vorarbeit. Die Materi dissoluirt Darauff zur hand putreficirt Dieselb hernach auch distillirt So wirt das Wasser coagulirt. Die ander oder nacharbeit. Ferner zwey ding coniungirt Putreficirt vnd denigrirt Auff diß fleissig digerirt Biß es auffs schönste wirt dealbirt Vnd endlich gar hoch rubificirt Coagulirt vnd fixirt Wann diß weiter wirt fermentirt So ist das gantze Werck absoluirt Als dann ein solchs theil tingirt Das tausent wirt multiplicirt.

1619 pp. 46 · scans ER050

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Two

1619 pp. 46 · scans ER050

A Brief Account of the Process of the Whole Work. The first or preliminary work: Dissolve the matter, Then putrefy it forthwith, Afterwards distil it also; Thus the water is coagulated. The second or subsequent work: Then conjoin two things, Putrefy and blacken them, Afterwards digest them diligently Until they are most beautifully whitened, And finally deeply reddened, Coagulated and fixed. When this is further fermented, The whole work is completed. Then one such part tinges, And the thousand is multiplied.

1619 pp. 46 · scans ER050

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.