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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 78–79 · scans ER082, ER083

Gleich wie aber die Materia deß jrdischen Philosophischen Steins für der Vulgar gering vnnd vnwerth geachtet/ ja gleichsam für ein verworffen Ding angesehen vnd gehalten wirt: Also vnd ebener massen/ werde auch Christus das ewige Wort des Vatters/ das edle/ Geist vnd Lumen/ der himlische bewehrte Dreyeinige Stein von dem mehrern theil der Menschen in dieser Welt/ auch veracht vnd vernichtet/ vnd auß den Augen gesetzt/ vnnd also jetzo (in Warheit zu reden) schier nichts vnwerters vnnd geringschätzigers/ als eben Gottes säligmachendes Wort.

1619 pp. 78–79 · scans ER082, ER083

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Four

1619 pp. 78–79 · scans ER082, ER083

Just as the matter of the earthly philosophers’ stone is regarded by the common multitude as base and worthless, indeed looked upon and treated as a rejected thing, so too Christ, the Father’s eternal Word, the noble spirit and light, the tried, heavenly, three-in-one stone, is despised, treated as nothing and disregarded by the greater part of humanity in this world. Thus, to speak the truth, there is now scarcely anything considered more worthless and of less account than God’s saving Word.

1619 pp. 78–79 · scans ER082, ER083

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.