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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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Diotimos Editions · 2026

A new translation from the German first printing of 1619, with a German reading text and an annotated study apparatus. The three companion treatises printed in that volume are included in their original order. Two responses added in 1661 follow as separately sourced later appendices.

Anonymous. Traditionally attributed to Johann Siebmacher.

The underlying historical texts are in the public domain. New English translation and editorial contributions prepared for Diotimos Editions.

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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.

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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.