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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 108 · scans ER112

Dann gleich wie abermals im Philosophischen Werck/ so bald die coniunction der zweyer Wesen nemlich des jrdischen Golds vnnd gleichsam himlisch præparirten wasser materien/ nach dem sie anfenglich in einer salien Gestalt zu einem gleichsam trocknen liquori oder amalgamati wie daselbst zulesen/ gemischt sein worden/ geschehen/ deme composito/ nicht alles/ vnnd auff einmal zugleich/ sondern ein theil nach dem andern/ vnnd zwar allgemach/ vnd zu gewissen vnd vnderschidlichen Zeiten/ zugegossen vnnd beygesetzt wirt: also auch vnd noch viel mehr soll vñ muß solches geschehen im Theologischen Werck. Daß so bald die coniunction vñ geistliche vereinigung des Menschen mit Christo/ in der heiligen Tauff geschehen/ vnd wir mit jhm also/ wie vor auch gemeldet/ ein Leib vnd Kuchen gemacht worden/ so bald muß auch ein solcher Mensch gemachsam den Christlichen Glauben zulernen/ vnd einen Articul nach dem andern zu fassen anfahen/ biß er endlich gar erstarcket/ vnd zu einer völligen Erkantnus gelanget.

1619 pp. 108 · scans ER112

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Four

1619 pp. 108 · scans ER112

For, again, in the philosophical work, once the conjunction of the two beings has taken place—namely earthly gold and the aqueous matter prepared, as it were, in a heavenly manner, after they have first been mixed in a saline form into what is, as it were, a dry liquor or amalgam, as may be read there—not everything is poured into and added to the compound all at once. Rather, one portion is added after another, gradually and at appointed, distinct times. So too, and still more, must it happen in the theological work. As soon as the conjunction and spiritual union of the human being with Christ has taken place in holy baptism, and we have thus, as already stated, been made one body and cake with him, that person must begin gradually to learn the Christian faith and comprehend one article after another until at last he is fully strengthened and attains complete knowledge.

1619 pp. 108 · scans ER112

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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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.