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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem III

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Daß das Wasser die Kräffte der gantzen Natur in sich habe.

Welches ebenfalls tam à priori quam à posteriori zu erweisen. A priori: Sintemahln alle particular-Naturen verbo DEI particulari, durch ein sonderbahr Wort und Befehl so Gott in der Schöpffung außgesprochen und geredt (alias, & quidem Theologicè verbum προφορικὸν dictum) hingegen aber das Wasser verbo DEI universali (alias & iterum Theologicè verbum ὑποστατικὸν vocatum) geschaffen. A posteriori autem, wie unten im andern Theil / und zwar auch eines und anders mit mehrerm demonstrirt werden / dahin sich dann deßhalben beruffen wird. Interim ist gleichwohl diß Orts auch zuerwehnen / was sonsten die Philosophi schreiben / nemblichen:

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem III

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That water contains the powers of the whole of nature.

This too can be proved both a priori and a posteriori. A priori: all particular natures were created by a particular word of God, by a special word and command which God uttered and spoke in creation—otherwise called, in theological language, the spoken word, verbum prophorikon. Water, however, was created by God’s universal Word—otherwise called, again in theological language, the subsistent Word, verbum hypostatikon. As for the proof a posteriori, this and other matters will be demonstrated more fully in the Second Part, to which the reader is referred. Meanwhile we should also mention here what the philosophers write elsewhere, namely:

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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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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.