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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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So folget jedoch (pro secundò) gar nicht / wir können / jetzt- und vorangeregter massen / auß den Elementen / und weder auß dem Wasser noch der Erden / kein Graß / oder Kraut / oder animale zu wegen bringen &c. Ergò, so können wir auch darauß keine Tincturam præpariren / noch hiermit die unvollkommene Metalla in perfect Gold tingiren &c.

Sintemahln (pro tertio) ein anders ist creiren / und erschaffen / oder die Natur und Gottes Ordnung zu ändern sich understehen; wie die unweisen und thörichten gemeine Alchymisten und Laboranten thun. Ein anders ist præpariren / und tingiren und der Natur gemäß verfahren.

131–132

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

131–132

Yet, secondly, the following inference is entirely invalid: we cannot, in the manner just described, produce grass, plants or animals from the elements, from either water or earth; therefore we cannot prepare a tincture from them or with it tincture imperfect metals into perfect gold.

For, thirdly, creating and bringing things into being—or presuming to alter nature and God’s order, as foolish and unwise common alchemists and laboratory workers do—is one thing. Preparing, tincturing and proceeding in accordance with nature is another.

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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.