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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 66 · scans ER070

Auff diesen hochwerthen gesegneten vnd himlischen Stein Iesum Christum haben von Anfang der Welt/ alle Ertzvätter vnd heylige Patriarchen wie auch nach jhnen/ alle von Gott erleuchte Menschen mit grossem Verlangen gehoffet/ auch von Gott gebeten/ daß er jhnen/ solcher seiner Verheissung nach auch in leiblicher vnd sichtbarer gestalt mittheilen vnd sehen lassen wolte. Demnach wann sie solchen im Geist recht erkant vnd erlangt gehabt/ sie sich in jhrem gantzen Leben darmit erlustiget vnd erfrewet/ vnd in aller gefahr/ so jhnen begegnet biß an jhr End auffgehalten haben.

1619 pp. 66 · scans ER070

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Four

1619 pp. 66 · scans ER070

From the beginning of the world, all the forefathers and holy patriarchs, and after them all people enlightened by God, have awaited with great longing this precious, blessed, heavenly stone, Jesus Christ. They have also prayed to God that, according to his promise, he would impart him to them and let them behold him in bodily and visible form. When they had rightly known and attained him in the spirit, they took delight and joy in him throughout their lives and were sustained by him until their end amid every danger that befell them.

1619 pp. 66 · scans ER070

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.

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.