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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 90–91 · scans ER094, ER095

Darumb dann dieser himlische vnnd ewige Grund vnd Eckstein Christus Iesus/ in massen der Philosophische auch also beschrieben worden/ seinen beyden Naturen nach/ auch einer sehr hoch wunder vnd sonderbaren Geburt vnd herkommens/ darzu einer vnergründlichen vnnd vnerforschlichen Natur vnd Eigenschafften ist vnd bleibet. Sintemal er ja seiner Gottheit nach von ewigkeit hero/ auß dem allein Göttlichen Wesen seines himlischen vnd ewigen Vatters/ wahrer Gott/ ja Gottes Sohn dessen Außgang (wie die Schrifft darvon sagt) von Anfangs vnd von Ewigkeit her gewesen ist: aber seiner Menschheit nach in erfüllung der Zeit on alle sündliche mängel vnd gebrechen Esa.53.Iohan.8.nach der Schrifft ein rechter vollkommener Mensch mit Leib vnnd Seel Mat.26.ist geborn worden/ der er nunmero ein vnzertrennlichs/ persönlichs vnd Gottmenschlichen Wesens/ dz ist/ beydes wahrer Gott vnd wahrer mensch/ in einer einigen vnd in alle ewigkeit vnauflößlichen Person ist/ vnd als ein Allmächtiger Gott dafür erkant/ auch geehret soll vnd werden muß.

1619 pp. 90–91 · scans ER094, ER095

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Four

1619 pp. 90–91 · scans ER094, ER095

Therefore this heavenly, eternal foundation and cornerstone, Christ Jesus, like the philosophical stone as it has also been described, is and remains, according to both his natures, of a supremely wondrous and extraordinary birth and origin, and of an unfathomable and unsearchable nature and properties. According to his divinity he is from eternity true God, born from the sole divine being of his heavenly and eternal Father, indeed God’s Son, whose going forth, as Scripture says of him, has been from the beginning and from eternity. According to his humanity, however, in the fullness of time he was born, without any sinful defects or infirmities, Isaiah 53; John 8, as a true, perfect human being with body and soul, Matthew 26, according to Scripture. He is now of an inseparable, personal, divine-and-human being: that is, both true God and true man in one person, indissoluble to all eternity; and he ought and must be recognised and honoured as Almighty God.

1619 pp. 90–91 · scans ER094, ER095

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.

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.