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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 55 · scans ER059

Zum andern, was den leiblichen vnnd natürlichen Nutz, so von solchem zuhaben herrühret, wie nemblich durch sein Tinctur alle vnvollkommene metallen perfect vnd zu klarem dichtem Gold immutirt, vnd verendert werden können, will ich hievorge thaner vertröstung nach, dasselbige jtzt auch kürtzlich vermelden vnnd anzeigen. Solcher offt erwehner Stein oder Elixir, wann er zu dem effect so weit gebracht, vnnd ferner zu erst gemeldtem gebrauch dienen, vnd tingiren solle: so muß derselbige noch weiter fermentirt vnnd augmentirt werden, dann er sonsten mit seiner Tinctur wegen seiner Subtiligkeit keine fügliche projection in den andern vnvollkommenen metallen vnd Corporibus nicht wol haben mag.

1619 pp. 55 · scans ER059

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Three

1619 pp. 55 · scans ER059

Second, concerning the bodily and natural benefit obtained from it—namely, how its tincture can perfect all imperfect metals, changing and transmuting them into clear, dense gold—I will now briefly state and indicate this, as previously promised. When the frequently mentioned stone or elixir has been brought this far in its effect and is to serve the use first mentioned and tinge, it must be further fermented and augmented. Otherwise, because of its subtlety, its tincture cannot properly make an effective projection into other imperfect metals and bodies.

1619 pp. 55 · scans ER059

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.