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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 52 · scans ER056

Den frommen wirt nur diese Kunst Durch die Göttliche gnade vnd gunst Gegeben, die mit keinem Geld Bezahlen mag die gantz Welt Darvon der gemeine Hauff zumahl Gar nichts soll wissen vberall Der Pöffel Gottloß vnd verzucht Den edlen Stein vergebens sucht Wer diesen hat in ruhe vnd stille, Der wohnet sicher wo er will, Kein fall noch vnglück jhn anficht Kein Dieb noch Rauber, forcht er nit Wenig seind der, jetz zu der stund Denen solche Gabe wirt vergund Gott dieselbe in seinen Händen helt, Gibts nur diesem, der jhm gefellt.

1619 pp. 52 · scans ER056

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Three

1619 pp. 52 · scans ER056

Only the pious receive this art Through divine grace and favour; The whole world cannot pay For it with any money. The common multitude Should know nothing of it at all. The godless and unruly rabble Seek the noble stone in vain. Whoever has it in peace and quiet Dwells safely wherever he wishes. No fall or misfortune assails him; He fears no thief or robber. Few there are at this present hour To whom such a gift is granted. God holds it in his hands And gives it only to one who pleases him.

1619 pp. 52 · scans ER056

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.