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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem II

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So ist / am andern / der Lufft gleicher gestalt auß dem Wasser herkommen: Denn alsbald das Wasser geschaffen gewesen / und die darauß gemachte Erd / in demselben dar gelegen / hat vermög des klaren Texts mehrangezogenen 1. Capitels des ersten Buchs Moysis / der Geist Gottes ob dem Wasser geschwebt. Gestalten ich mich alhier ebenfalls auff die experienz beruffe / angesehen / wann man ein Regenwasser in ein Glaß verschliesset / und dasselbe etwas leer lässet / die subtileste Spiritus in Form kleiner Tröpfflein sich oben anhängen und erscheinen. Dahero / und in Erwegung vorangezogenen axiomatis, dieser Schluß ebenmässig bestätiget: Zu deme der Lufft an sich selbst nichts anders / als das allersubtileste Wasser ist.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem II

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Second, air likewise arose from water. For as soon as water had been created and the earth made from it lay within it, the Spirit of God hovered over the water, according to the clear text of the first chapter of Genesis. Here too I appeal to experience: if rainwater is enclosed in a glass with some space left empty, the subtlest spirits attach themselves above and appear as little drops. In view of the foregoing axiom, this conclusion is therefore equally confirmed. Besides, air in itself is nothing other than water in its most subtle state.

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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.