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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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Part Three

German & Latin

1619 pp. 48–49 · scans ER052, ER053

Sie haben jhn auch ferner also commendirt, daß sein Spiritus vnnd Krafft, so in jhm verborgen ligt, sey der Geist deß fünfften wesens, der vnder dem Circkel deß Mondscheins ist, ja er sey deß Himmels auffhalter, vnd deß Meers beweger. Er sey auch vor andern Himmlischen Geisten, ein außerleßner Geist, der aller Subtiliste, edlste, reineste, welchem die andere alle als ihrem König gehorsam seind, welcher auch den Menschen alle wolfarth gibt, er heilet alle Kranckheit, er gibt den frommen zeitliche Ehr vnd langes Leben, den bösen aber, die jhn mißbrauchen, die ewige straffe. Vnd in solchem allem sey er probiert, vollkommen vnnd vnbetrüglich erfunden. Darumb jhn Hermes vnnd Aristoteles den wahren ohne lügen, den Gewissen deß aller gewissesten, den gheimen aller Geheimnuß, eine Göttliche krafft, die den Narren verborgen ist. In Summa das letzte vnd höchste so vnder dem Himmel gesehen werden mag, vnd ein wunderbahrer beschluß vnd end aller Philosophischen werck, genennet haben.

1619 pp. 48–49 · scans ER052, ER053

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Three

1619 pp. 48–49 · scans ER052, ER053

They further commended it by saying that the spirit and power hidden within it is the spirit of the fifth essence beneath the circle of moonlight: indeed, the sustainer of heaven and mover of the sea. It is a spirit chosen above other heavenly spirits, the most subtle, noble and pure, to which all the others are obedient as to their king. It grants human beings every welfare, heals every illness, gives the pious temporal honour and long life, but brings eternal punishment to the wicked who misuse it. In all this it has been tried and found perfect and unfailing. Hermes and Aristotle therefore called it the true without falsehood, the certain of the most certain, the secret of all secrets, a divine power hidden from fools—in sum, the last and highest thing that can be seen beneath heaven, and the wondrous conclusion and end of all philosophical works.

1619 pp. 48–49 · scans ER052, ER053

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.