Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Also ist es zumahl an deme / inmassen unden ebenfalls mit mehrerm demonstrirt werden wird / daß die mineralia und metalla keinen particular Samen haben / sondern gleich ersten Anfangs auß den Elementen entspringen; wie sie dann auch nicht wachsen / noch sich besämen und ihres gleichen zeugen / &c. und davon weyland der Frantzösische Poet / referent. D. Dienheim also gedichtet:

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

It is also the case, as will be demonstrated more fully below, that minerals and metals have no particular seed, but spring directly from the elements at their first beginning. They do not grow, seed themselves or beget their like. On this subject the late French poet wrote the following verses, as reported by Dr Dienheim:

About This Reading Edition

An anonymous Hermetic treatise of 1680, presented in its original German and Latin with a new English translation, 279 explanatory notes, the historical phoenix frontispiece, an introduction, reading guide, outline, glossary, bibliography, and original registers.

Historical Text and Translation

Anonymous, Candida Phoenix philosophica. Frankfurt am Main: Christian Hermsdorff, 1680. The chosen witness is the Wellcome Library copy digitized as b32993456; German and Latin, with French, Greek, and Hebrew passages retained.

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This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

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The 1680 source is identified as public domain by the Wellcome/Internet Archive record. The supplied 2026 transcription, English translation, introduction, notes, reading guide, outline, glossary, bibliography, and editorial arrangement are published with the site owner’s authorization. The frontispiece is retained from the supplied edition and credited to its historical witness.