The Sophic Hydrolith

Name: The Sophic Hydrolith
Author: Anonymous

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 69–71 · scans ER073, ER074, ER075

Wo vnd wie aber solche Erkantnus dieses höchsten vnnd himlischen Guts zu finden/ oder zu erkennen sey oder zu lernen/ ist zu wissen/ dz dieselbige auch gleich dem jrdischen Philosophischen Stein/ so seiner Beschreibung nach in einem vnnd in zweyen so allenthalben gefunden/ nur in einem vnd doch zweyen so auch allenthalben ist/ gesucht/ vnd erzeuget soll vnd werden muß/ welches dann nichts anders/ als Gottes ewiges Wort/ vnnd die heylige Göttliche Schrifft das alte vnnd newe Testament ist/ in welchem der rechte himlische Grund vnd Eckstein/ einig vnd allein gesucht vnnd zu erforschen sein will. Wie dann Gott der Vatter in der Verklerung auff dem berg Thabor geschehen/ auch auff diß sein Wort zeiget/ da er spricht Marc.am9.Luc.am9. Diß ist mein Lieber Sohn/ den sollet jhr hören. Dergleichen auch Christus das wesentliche vnd ewige Wort Gottes selbst/ solches auff sich weiset/ da er spricht Johan.14.Ich bin der Weg/ die Warheit/ vnnd das Leben/ niemand kompt zum Vatter/ dann durch mich/ zu der heyligen Göttlichen Schrifft oder gründlichen Zeugnuß des Göttlichen Worts. Esa8.spricht Er/ Zum Gesetz vnd Zeugnuß. Vnd Christus gemeldter Eckstein selber Johan.5.solches auch zum theil erfordert vnnd haben will/ da er sagt/ forschet vnnd suchet in der Schrifft/ dann jhr meinet jhr habet dz Leben darinnen/ vnd sie ist es die von mir zeuget. Dahero Dauid im119.Psalm.solches lange zuvor auch bekandt/ da er spricht: Herr ich habe Lust an deinen Zeugnussen/ die seind meine Rahtsleuth/ dein Wort Herr ist meiner Füssen Leuchte/ vnnd ein Liecht auff meinem Wege/ Ich frewe mich des Wegs deiner Zeugnussen mehr/ als vber allerley Reichthumb. Item Ich betrachte meine Weg vnd kehre meine Füß zu deinen Zeugnussen.

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Four

1619 pp. 69–71 · scans ER073, ER074, ER075

As to where and how this knowledge of the highest heavenly good is to be found, recognised or learned, one must know that, like the earthly philosophers’ stone, which according to its description is found everywhere in one and in two, it must be sought and brought forth solely in one, yet in two, which is likewise everywhere. This is nothing other than God’s eternal Word and holy divine Scripture, the Old and New Testaments, in which alone the true heavenly foundation and cornerstone is to be sought and investigated. God the Father himself points to this Word at the transfiguration on Mount Tabor, saying in Mark 9 and Luke 9: “This is my beloved Son; him shall you hear.” Likewise Christ himself, God’s essential and eternal Word, points to himself when he says in John 14: “I am the way, the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me”; and to holy divine Scripture, or the fundamental testimony of the divine Word. In Isaiah 8 he says: “To the law and to the testimony.” Christ himself, the cornerstone already mentioned, also partly requires and demands this in John 5 when he says: “Examine and search the Scriptures, for you think you have life in them, and they are what bear witness to me.” David had therefore acknowledged this long before in Psalm 119, saying: “Lord, I delight in your testimonies; they are my counsellors. Your Word, Lord, is a lamp to my feet and a light upon my path. I rejoice in the way of your testimonies more than in every kind of wealth.” Likewise: “I consider my ways and turn my feet towards your testimonies.”

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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This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

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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.