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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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Closing Epigrams

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German & Latin

1619 pp. 152 · scans ER156

Aliud. Die wahrhafftige Alchimey / Vnd die rechte Theosophey / Seind beyde also nahe verwandt Als dem Leib ist die rechte Handt Solches in diesem Bild zur frist / Gar schön dir fürgebildet ist. Nemlich / was sie allhie zumal Für bedeutung habe vberall Erstlich so schaw den Helmen an Mit zween Flügeln / darzu den Hahn / Das zeigt dir / daß sie tragt gunst Groß lieb / zur Edlen freyen Kunst / So wol auch / zu der Weißheit rein Die da leucht wie der Sonnenschein.

1619 pp. 152 · scans ER156

The Sophic Hydrolith: Closing Epigrams

1619 pp. 152 · scans ER156

Another. True alchemy And right theosophy Are as closely related As the right hand is to the body. This is very beautifully represented For you in the present image. Here is what its features Signify throughout. First look at the helmet With two wings, and at the cock as well. These show that she bears goodwill And great love towards the noble free art, And also towards pure wisdom, Which shines like sunlight.

1619 pp. 152 · scans ER156

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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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.