The Sophic Hydrolith

Name: The Sophic Hydrolith
Author: Anonymous

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 93–95 · scans ER097, ER098, ER099

Aber daß noch weiter/ gleich wie in dem Philosophischen Werck/ das gemelte Compositum/ nach dem die zweyerley Wesen coniungirt/ vnd ferner in das Fewer gerichtet wirt/ vnnd eingesetzt/ dadurch verfault/ zerstöret/ zermalmet/ vnnd wol gekocht werden muß/ in welcher verfaulung vnd kochung dann/ mitter zeit (biß es plusquam perfectum wirt) sich mancherley actus mit jhme verlauffen/ vnd wie in Beschreibung des jrdischen Wercks nach lenge daselbst zu finden/ sich vielerley Farben erzeigen vnd sehen lassen: Also ist diese/ Gottmenschliche vñ mensch Göttliche person Christ Iesus in dieser Welt von Gott seinem himlischen Vatter/ also darzu verordnet/ in den Feweroffen der Trübsal/ auch versetzt vnnd wol darinnen gekocht/ daß Er in allerley Mühseligkeit/ Schmach/ Schande/ Creutz vnd Trübsal vmbgetrieben/ auch in mancherley gestalt verendert worden/ als Er hat hunger gelitten Mat.4.In dem als bald nach seiner empfangenen Tauff/ da er in sein Predigampt ist getretten/ auß antrib des H.Geists in die Wüsten loffen/ vnd deßwegen von dem leidigen Teuffel versucht vnd angefochten worden/ auch alda einen dreyfachen starcken Ritterkampff mit jhm hat halten müssen/ zum Zeugnuß allen getaufften Christen/ dz wann sie in jhr Christenthumb getretten vnd glaubens bekäntnuß von Christo thun/ vnnd schalln mündten lassen/ sie auch alsbald vom Teuffel müssen versucht werden/ vnd durch mancherley auffhetzung zum abfall widerumb getrieben wuren/ Item daß er auch müde ist worden Iohan.4.daß Er bitterlich geweinet Luc.19.gezittert vnd gezaget/ Luc.14.mit dem Todt gerungen/ blutigen Schweiß geschwitzet/ auch gefangen vnd gebunden Mat.26.von des hohen Priesters Knecht in das Angesicht geschlagen/ verspottet vnd verspeyet/ gegeisselt vnd gecrönet/ hin zum Todt verurtheilet/ vnd an das Creutz/ so er selber getragen Ioh.19.zwischen2.Mördern genagelt worden/ dz er mit Gall vnd Essig getrenckt Psal.69.mit lauter stim geschryen/ seine Geist auffgeben vnd am Creutz verschieden ist/ vnnd was dergleichen Angst vnd Trübsal/ Er in seinem Leben vnd Sterben/ davon bey den Euangelisten weiter vnd nach der lenge zu lesen/ mehr erlitten vnd angestanden hat.

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Four

1619 pp. 93–95 · scans ER097, ER098, ER099

Further, just as in the philosophical work the compound, after its two beings have been conjoined, is placed and set in the fire, where it must putrefy, be destroyed, ground down and thoroughly cooked, and during this putrefaction and cooking various actions take place within it in the course of time, until it becomes more than perfect, and various colours appear and show themselves—as is to be found at length in the description of the earthly work—so this divine-and-human, human-and-divine person, Christ Jesus, was also appointed to this by God his heavenly Father and placed in the fiery furnace of tribulation in this world. He was thoroughly cooked within it, driven about amid every kind of hardship, disgrace, shame, cross and tribulation, and changed into many forms. Thus he suffered hunger, Matthew 4. Immediately after receiving baptism, when he entered upon his preaching office, he went into the wilderness at the prompting of the Holy Spirit and was therefore tempted and assailed by the evil Devil. There he had to sustain a mighty threefold contest with him, as a testimony to all baptised Christians that, when they enter upon their Christianity and make and openly proclaim their confession of faith in Christ, they too must immediately be tempted by the Devil and driven towards apostasy again through diverse incitements. Likewise he grew weary, John 4; wept bitterly, Luke 19; trembled and was afraid, Luke 14; struggled with death, sweated bloody sweat, and was taken captive and bound, Matthew 26; was struck in the face by the high priest’s servant, mocked and spat upon, scourged and crowned, condemned to death and nailed between two murderers to the cross which he himself had carried, John 19. He was given gall and vinegar to drink, Psalm 69, cried out with a loud voice, yielded up his spirit and died upon the cross. He also suffered and endured all the other anguish and tribulation of this kind during his life and death which may be read more fully and at length in the Evangelists.

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.