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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 99 · scans ER103

Nachdem wir nun kürtzlich in Einfalt betrachtet haben den einigen himlischen Grund vnd Eckstein Christum Iesum/ wie derselbige mit dem jrdischen Philosophischen Stein der Weisen verglichen/ vnd vereinigen thut: dessen Materia vnnd præparation/ wie gehört/ ein schöner Typus vnd lebendige contrefactur der göttlichen Menschwerdung ist in Christo: So will dennoch auch ferner von nöthen sein/ desselben Krafft/ Tugendt/ vnnd Tinctur wie auch fermentation vñ multiplication in vns armen Krafft vnd Tugendblosen Menschen als vnvollkommenen metallen zu besehen vnd zu lernen.

1619 pp. 99 · scans ER103

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Four

1619 pp. 99 · scans ER103

Having now briefly and simply considered the one heavenly foundation and cornerstone, Christ Jesus, and how he compares and accords with the earthly philosophers’ stone of the wise, whose matter and preparation, as we have heard, are a beautiful type and living likeness of the divine Incarnation in Christ, it will nevertheless also be necessary to consider and learn further concerning his power, virtue and tincture, as well as his fermentation and multiplication within us poor human beings, devoid of power and virtue, as within imperfect metals.

1619 pp. 99 · scans ER103

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.