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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 Original title page · scans ER005

Wasserstein der Weysen / Das ist / Ein Chymisch Tractätlein / darin der weg gezeigt / die Materia genennet / vnd der Proceß beschrieben wird / zu dem hohen geheymnuß der Vniuersal Tinctur zukommen / vor diesem niemalen gesehen. Darbey auch zwey sehr nutzliche andere Büchlein der gleichformigkeit vnd Concordantz wegen angehenckt / Nemlich / 1. Iohan von Mesung. 2. Via veritatis der einigen wahrheit. Zum vorschub in offenen truck gefertigt. FRANCOFVRTI. Bey Lucas Jennis zu finden. Anno 1619.

1619 Original title page · scans ER005

The Sophic Hydrolith: The Original Title Page

1619 Original title page · scans ER005

Water Stone of the Wise. That is, a short chymical treatise in which the way is shown, the matter named and the process described for reaching the high secret of the universal tincture; never previously seen. With two other very useful little books appended because of their agreement and concordance, namely: 1. Johann von Meung. 2. Via veritatis, the one truth. Prepared for public printing to further the work. Frankfurt. Available from Lucas Jennis. 1619.

1619 Original title page · scans ER005

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.