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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 6: Rainwater as a Subject

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126–127

Dann nichts irret / daß (1.) angeregte projection nur particular gewesen / und allein Silber in Gold mit gedachtem Oel tingirt worden.

Wie auch (2.) eben so wenig hindert / was mir von einigen dieser Wissenschafft Beflissenen selbst / auß dem Bernhardo opponirt worden / nemlich / daß man die materiam remotam nicht haben / sonsten man auch Thiere / Bäume / Kräuter / und anders würde schaffen können &c.

126–127

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 6: Rainwater as a Subject

126–127

It is no objection, first, that the projection just mentioned was only particular, and that the oil in question tinctured silver alone into gold.

Nor, second, is it an obstacle that certain students of this science have themselves objected to me, on Bernard’s authority, that we do not possess the remote matter: otherwise we would also be able to create animals, trees, plants and other things.

126–127

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.