The Sophic Hydrolith

Source and Editorial Credits

Source of the German text and original illustrations: Wasserstein der Weysen (Francofurti: bey Lucas Jennis, 1619), copy of the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung, Zürich, digitised on e-rara, https://doi.org/10.3931/e-rara-8968. The supplying record designates the reproduction with the Public Domain Mark. Its requested scholarly credit identifies the work, holding institution and persistent source.

Source of the two later responses: Wasserstein der Weysen oder Chymisches Tractätlein (Franckfurt am Mäyn: Christoff le Blon, 1661), copy digitised by the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, digital identifier qun-642-1s, pp. 200–206, https://diglib.hab.de/drucke/qun-642-1s/start.htm. Their German reading texts and English translations were newly prepared from the displayed historical pages.

English translation and new introduction, notes and study apparatus prepared for Diotimos Editions, 2026. Earlier editions are cited as historical sources and reception witnesses. No modern translation or introduction has been adopted as the wording of this edition. The public-domain source text remains distinct from these newly prepared contributions.

The unnamed 1619 work is traditionally attributed to Johann Siebmacher; that attribution remains qualified. New translation and editorial work prepared with AI assistance for Diotimos Editions. No claim of human-only translation, a first English translation, or a critical collation of every surviving witness is made.