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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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First Response · 1661

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1661 pp. 202 · scans HAB00208

VII. In demselben ligen die grosseste Schätze, die die gantze Welt nit vermag zu bezahlen, verborgen. Allein er ist auß Neyd deß Teufels, der allezeit Gottes Ehr vnd deß Menschen Glückseligkeit verhindert, mit vielen grimmigen Thieren vnd Raubvögeln vmbringet vnd besetzet, welche den Weg, der ohne das sehr finster ist, vberauß gefährlich machen. Daher man biß annoch, weil die Zeit nit fürhanden gewest, denselben weder gesucht noch finden können, jetzt aber von den Würdigen, wiewol nit ohne eygenen Fleyß vnd Mühe, gefunden werden muß.

1661 pp. 202 · scans HAB00208

The Sophic Hydrolith: First Response · 1661

1661 pp. 202 · scans HAB00208

VII. Hidden within it are the greatest treasures, which the whole world cannot pay for. But through the envy of the devil, who always obstructs God’s honour and human happiness, it is surrounded and beset with many fierce beasts and birds of prey. They make the path, already very dark, exceedingly dangerous. Until now it could neither be sought nor found, because the time had not come; now, however, the worthy must find it, though not without their own diligence and labour.

1661 pp. 202 · scans HAB00208

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.