The Sophic Hydrolith

Name: The Sophic Hydrolith
Author: Anonymous

Water Stone of the Wise

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Opening Explanation

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The Sophic Hydrolith: Opening Explanation

p. 12

A Brief Explanation of the Wonderfully Excellent Water Stone of the Wise, Otherwise Called Lapis Philosophorum

Kurtze erklerung deß wunder fürtrefflichsten Wassersteins der Weisen / sonsten Lapis Philosophorum genant.

Chapter Outline

The search for a universal restorative and the limit imposed by death.

Adamic transmission, deliberate concealment and the names of the philosophers.

A warning against fraud and the author’s four-part programme.

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.

About Diotimos Editions

This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

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.