The Sophic Hydrolith

Name: The Sophic Hydrolith
Author: Anonymous

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 48 · scans ER052

Von dieser hoch vnd nun mehr offt erwehnten Kunst, oder tieffbegrifflichen Stein der Weisen, wann der ad optatum finem gebracht, haben die Philosophi von seinem lob, tugend vnnd krafft, auch vnaußsprechlichen nutzen nicht gnugsam schreiben vnnd herrlich gnug preisen können. Dann erstlich, haben sie dieses für die allerhöchste vnd gröste glücksälgkeit auff dieser Erden geachtet vnd gerühmet, ohne welches auch niemandt in dieser Welt zu vollkommenheit kommen oder gelangen mag. Dann Morienes sagt, Wer diesen Stein hat der hat alles, vnnd bedarff keines andern hülff. Dann in jhm ist alle zeitliche glücksälgkeit, leibliche gesundtheit vnd alles glück.

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Three

1619 pp. 48 · scans ER052

When this lofty and now frequently mentioned art, or the profound stone of the sages, has been brought to its desired end, the philosophers have been unable to write enough in praise of its virtue, power and unspeakable benefits, or to extol it sufficiently. First, they regarded and praised it as the highest and greatest happiness upon this earth, without which no one in this world can attain perfection. For Morienus says: whoever possesses this stone possesses everything and needs no other help. In it are all temporal happiness, bodily health and every good fortune.

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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This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

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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.