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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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Conclusion

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German & Latin

1619 pp. 141–142 · scans ER145, ER146

Damit ich aber mit diesem/ von meinem proposito mich nicht zu weit verrücke/ vnd dasselbe widerumb berühre vñ vollführe. Will ich den Gottliebenden Artifici dieses hiebey in acht noch einmal erinnert haben. Das/ nemblich wie er gegen Gott sein hertz vnnd gemueth/ ja wandel vnd leben anstellen vnd regiren thue: Er solches ebener massen an des steins vnterhabendes wercks fortgang/ alle tag/ auch alle stund mercklich zu sehen vñ zu spüren haben wirt. Welches ich dann selbst täglich mit fleiß/ vnd grosser andacht obseruirt/ vnd in der that also erfahren habe. Derowegen daß ein jeder seine sachen im anfang dahin richten vnd also sich zu bereiten haben wirt/ auff dz er hernach in beiden/ desto ein glückseligers end/ auch erreichen vnnd erlangen möge.

1619 pp. 141–142 · scans ER145, ER146

The Sophic Hydrolith: Conclusion

1619 pp. 141–142 · scans ER145, ER146

But so that I do not stray too far from my purpose and may return to and complete it, I wish once more to remind the God-loving practitioner to heed this: the manner in which he orders and governs his heart and mind, indeed his conduct and life, towards God will be distinctly visible and perceptible to him in the progress of the work he has undertaken upon the stone, every day and every hour. I myself have diligently observed this daily with great devotion and experienced it in practice. Everyone should therefore direct his affairs towards this from the beginning and prepare himself accordingly, so that afterwards he may attain a more blessed outcome in both.

1619 pp. 141–142 · scans ER145, ER146

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.