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The Sophic Hydrolith, Water Stone of the Wise
Anonymous and companion authors · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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The First Response of 1661 commends the diligence and zeal that both recipients have devoted to knowledge of God and the Bible’s teaching. Their writings are the stated evidence of this commitment; the response claims that these have long been understood, although the recipients did not know it. This commendation prepares the disclosure of the hidden mountain and explains why they are answered before many others. The English “you both” is consequential: the passage addresses two people, not an unidentified solitary initiate. Nothing here names them, and the praise of their writings does not provide grounds for inventing their identities.
Places to read
- First Response · unit 7The two correspondents’ biblical devotion is given as a reason for answering them.
Attested forms
Erkäntnuß Gottes; Lehre der heiligen Bibel; Schreiben