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The Sophic Hydrolith, Water Stone of the Wise
Anonymous and companion authors · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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The concluding wish of the appendix asks God to grant grace and divine blessing to the reader's undertaking, provided the reader is truly in earnest. The parenthesis makes seriousness a condition of the author's wish, not a guarantee that determination alone can obtain the art. The speaker offers a heartfelt benediction rather than reporting a completed result. In English, “provided you are truly in earnest” preserves the force of the conditional phrase and keeps it distinct from the divine grace being requested.
Places to read
- Internal appendix · unit 3The author wishes divine grace and blessing for the reader’s undertaking if it is truly earnest.
Attested forms
rechter ernst; gnade; Göttlichen segen