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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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Second Response · 1661

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1661 pp. 206 · scans HAB00212

II. Wann mir der Mondschein die Augen verblendet, ich darüber strauchle, falle, vnd ein Bein breche: So mache ich mir eine Steltze, vnd gehe langsam, das ist meinem innerlichen Saltz ein Balsam, welcher mich wiederumb heylet. Aber wann ich schwitze, so gehet ein süsses liebliches Wasser auß meinen Poris, wie Milch vnd Honig. Alsdann verbränne ich meine Steltze zu lauter Aschen. Wann die Asche glühet ohne Rauch, dann gibt deß Königs Fontain Gold-Flammen von sich, vnd alsdann fallen drey in die Fontain, vnd erwecken eine Finsternuß der Welt, biß der Mondschein wieder durchbricht vnd hell wird.

1661 pp. 206 · scans HAB00212

The Sophic Hydrolith: Second Response · 1661

1661 pp. 206 · scans HAB00212

II. When moonlight dazzles my eyes and I stumble over it, fall and break a leg, I make myself a crutch and walk slowly. This is a balm to my inward salt, which heals me again. But when I sweat, a sweet and lovely water issues from my pores, like milk and honey. Then I burn my crutch entirely to ashes. When the ashes glow without smoke, the king’s fountain gives off golden flames. Three then fall into the fountain and bring darkness upon the world until the moonlight breaks through again and becomes bright.

1661 pp. 206 · scans HAB00212

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.