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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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The Way of Truth

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1619 pp. 241–242 · scans ER245, ER246

Derhalben raht ich dir (wie vor) daß du alle Sophistisch der Alchimisten Subl: Solut: Coagul: vnnd Putrefact: sampt allem Gauckelspiel, dessen sie sich noch heutiges Tags pflegen, verlassest, vnnd allein der schlechten natürlichen Kochung, der rechten vnd wahren Substantien, anhangest, welche dich Warlich vnd gewiß, zu der warhafftigen verwandlung der Naturen führen vnd leyten wird. Dann die Natur wird durch kein ander ding, noch durch keinerley wege erhöhet noch verbessert, dann allein durch die natürliche Kochung der Essentien.

1619 pp. 241–242 · scans ER245, ER246

The Sophic Hydrolith: The Way of Truth

1619 pp. 241–242 · scans ER245, ER246

I therefore advise you, as before, to abandon all the alchemists’ sophistical sublimation, solution, coagulation and putrefaction, together with all the jugglery they still practise today. Keep solely to the plain, natural coction of the true and proper substances. This will truly and certainly guide you to the real transformation of natures, for Nature is exalted or improved by no other thing and by no other means than the natural coction of essences.

1619 pp. 241–242 · scans ER245, ER246

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.