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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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Part Four

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1619 pp. 99–100 · scans ER103, ER104

Dann obwol Gott den Menschen im Anfang vor alle andern seiner Geschöpffen/ zu der hochedlesten vnd vollkommensten Creatur/ ja zu seinem Ebenbild geschaffen vnd jhm einen lebendigen Athem/ auch vnsterbliche Seel eingeblasen. In ein vngestaltes widerwertiges vnd schadhaftes effigiem verkehrt vnnd verwandelt worden. Damit aber solche Edle Geschöpff widerumb zu recht gebracht vnnd zu seiner vorigen gestalt vnnd vollkommenheit verholffen würde/ hat Gott der Allmächtige auß lauter Barmhertzigkeit/ ein solches Mittel verordnet/ durch welches nun folgender gestalt also geschehen muß.

1619 pp. 99–100 · scans ER103, ER104

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Four

1619 pp. 99–100 · scans ER103, ER104

For although in the beginning God created the human being above all his other creatures as the noblest and most perfect creature, indeed in his own image, and breathed into him living breath and an immortal soul, he has been turned and changed into a deformed, contrary and damaged image. But so that this noble creature might be restored and helped back to its former form and perfection, Almighty God, out of pure mercy, ordained a means through which this must now take place in the following manner.

1619 pp. 99–100 · scans ER103, ER104

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.