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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 101–102 · scans ER105, ER106

Dann gleich wie der Philosophische Stein vnd Chimische König mit seiner tinctur den Nutz gibt/ auch diese Krafft vnd Tugend/ durch seinen vollkommenen proceß an vnd in sich hat daß er andere vnvollkommene vnd schlechte/ ja vngeachte metallen tingiren/ vnd zu reinem dichten Gold machen vnd immutiren kan. Also auch vnd noch vielmehr thut dieser himlische König/ ja Grund vnd Eckstein Iesus Christus mit seiner gebenedeiten Tinctur/ das ist mit seinem Rosinfarben Blut vns sündhaffte/ gebrechliche vnd vnvollkommene Menschen von vnsern angebornen Adamischen sordib.vnnd fæcibus einig vnd allein purificirn/ perficirn/ ja plusquam perfect heilen vnnd curiren. Iohann.1.Sintemal auch/ wie die Schrifft darvon redt/ sonsten kein ander Heil/ noch Mittel ist/ im Himmel vnd auff Erden/ dadurch wir könten selig/ fix vnd perfect werden/ dann allein in dem namen Iesu Act.4.

1619 pp. 101–102 · scans ER105, ER106

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Four

1619 pp. 101–102 · scans ER105, ER106

For just as the philosophers’ stone and chemical king bestows benefit through its tincture and, through its perfected process, possesses in and of itself this power and virtue: that it can tinge other imperfect and base, indeed disregarded metals, and change and make them into pure, solid gold; so too, and much more, this heavenly king, foundation and cornerstone, Jesus Christ, alone purifies and perfects us sinful, frail and imperfect human beings from our inborn Adamic filth and dregs through his blessed tincture—that is, his rose-coloured blood—healing and curing us more than perfectly: 1 John 1. For, as Scripture says of this, there is no other salvation or means in heaven and upon earth by which we could become saved, fixed and perfect, except in the name of Jesus alone: Acts 4.

1619 pp. 101–102 · scans ER105, ER106

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.