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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 26–27 · scans ER030, ER031

Aliud multo explicatius. In dieser Welt ein ding ist schon Wirds allenthalben gefunden thon Vnd das geschieht ohn sondern fleiß Sein farb ist graw grün roth vnd weiß Kombt vnd fleust her bald wie Wasser Welches doch nit netzt / wiegt leicht vnd (schwer) Sein nahm woll ich 1000.nennen Aber aussen thun solches nicht kennen Dieweil es scheint so gar gering Vnd ist doch das köstlichste ding Wer solches kan in mitten frey Aufflösen / vnd darnach auch darbey Im dritten zuschliessen widerumb Der hat das recht Subiectum.

1619 pp. 26–27 · scans ER030, ER031

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Two

1619 pp. 26–27 · scans ER030, ER031

Another, Much More Explicit. There is a thing in this world To be found everywhere, And that without especial effort. Its colour is grey, green, red and white. It comes and flows readily like water, Yet does not wet; it weighs light and heavy. I could name it a thousand times, Yet outwardly people do not recognise it, Because it seems so very insignificant, Though it is the most precious thing. Whoever can freely dissolve it in the middle And then, in the third, Close it up again, Has the right subject.

1619 pp. 26–27 · scans ER030, ER031

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.