DiotimosReading Desk

Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · Bilingual Edition

Anonymous

Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

Explore the Lexicon
Candida Phoenix PhilosophicaPart II — Chapter 3: Comets and Other Meteors

Swipe or use the arrow keys.

English Page · Branch 133 of 411

Part II — Chapter 3: Comets and Other Meteors

Book Mode

German & Latin

94

Inmassen / und daß es / so viel deren Bedeutung anbelangt / Wunder- und Zornzeichen Gottes des Allmächtigen seynd / wir nun etliche Jahr hero an underschiedlichen Orten gnugsam und im Werck erfahren haben; Also lasse ichs auff dißmahl annoch darbey bewenden / und schreite hierauff zu einem andern discours, als nemblichen:

94

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 3: Comets and Other Meteors

94

As for their significance, we have sufficiently experienced in actual events over recent years and in various places that they are wondrous signs and tokens of almighty God’s wrath. I shall leave the matter there for the present and pass to another discussion, namely:

94

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.

About Diotimos Editions

This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

Rights

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.