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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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First Response · 1661

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German & Latin

1661 pp. 200 · scans HAB00206

III. Dergestalt, daß von wegen der Langen Zeit, der Ort vnd Weg dahin, den Menschen fast vnbekand worden, vnd dem mehreren Theyl verborgen ist, also daß dahin zu gelangen nunmehr schwer, mühesam vnd gefährlich, jedoch nicht gantz vnmöglich ist.

1661 pp. 200 · scans HAB00206

The Sophic Hydrolith: First Response · 1661

1661 pp. 200 · scans HAB00206

III. Thus, over the long passage of time, the place and the way to it have become almost unknown to humankind and hidden from the greater part, so that reaching it is now difficult, laborious and dangerous, though not altogether impossible.

1661 pp. 200 · scans HAB00206

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.