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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 3: Comets and Other Meteors

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104–105

Was für seltsame Ursachen nun jetzt- und vielbemelte Philosophi nicht weniger hierinn anführen / das mag fast nicht gnugsam beschrieben werden: Inmassen der seel. Arnd deren underschiedliche gleichsam mit Befrembdung erzehlet; hingegen zu erkennen gibt / daß wer den motum totius Naturæ verstehe / der verstehe die Bewegung des Meers am besten. Dahero und wann wir sonderlich unserm hinnach beschriebenen Methodo gemäß / die Natur und dieses Wunder-Geschöpff Gottes betrachten / so finden wir das Wort und den Befehl Gottes: Es samble sich das Wasser &c. Als welches dann die eigentliche Ursach dieser Creatur sonder- und wunderbarer Ab- und Zuflusses: In reyffer Erwegung / Gottes Wort ewig / auch die vera causa motus &c. in allen Dingen ist.

104–105

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

104–105

The strange causes these repeatedly mentioned philosophers propose in this matter can scarcely be described adequately. The late Arnd recounts several of them with apparent astonishment, while indicating that whoever understands the motion of all nature best understands the sea’s motion. If, especially according to the method described later, we consider nature and this wondrous creature of God, we find God’s word and command: “Let the water be gathered together,” and so forth. This is the true cause of the creature’s extraordinary ebb and flow, for God’s Word is eternal and is the true cause of motion in all things.

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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.