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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 47 · scans ER051

Ænigma, in welchem der proceß auch angedeutet wirdt. Dem Leib wirt geben in der zeit Der Geist welcher die Seel erfrewt / Wann der Geist die Seel zu sich zeucht Vnd in dem keins vom andern weicht / So bleibens beysammen alle drey Biß der Leib auffgelößt wirt frey Fault vnd erstirbt / von jhm sich scheid Seel vnd Geist / jedoch nach der zeit Kompt alles in der letzten Hitz Wider zusammen / vnd behelt sein sitz Gantz in rechter vollkommenheit Glorificirt mit grosser frewd.

1619 pp. 47 · scans ER051

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Two

1619 pp. 47 · scans ER051

A Riddle in Which the Process Is Also Indicated. In time the body is given The spirit that gladdens the soul. When the spirit draws the soul to itself And neither departs from the other, All three remain together Until the body is freely dissolved, Putrefies and dies; soul and spirit Separate from it. Yet after a time, In the final heat, everything Comes together again and keeps its place, Entirely in true perfection, Glorified with great joy.

1619 pp. 47 · scans ER051

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.