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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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Derohalben und weil Sennertus in eben dergleichen materia mit folgenden des Aristotelis eigenen Worten ebenfalls respondiret: Quærere rationes & dimittere sensus imbecillitas quædam mentis est. Als muß derjenige mit doppelter Schwachheit behafftet seyn / der weder die rationes, noch die Exempla und sensus achten will. In ansehung das Wasser die Wurtzel der Metallen und Goldwesenheit hat / auch auß dem Regenwasser tingirendes Gold zu wegen gebracht; wie beedes oben demonstrirt und dargethan worden.

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

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Moreover, Sennert answers in a matter of the same kind with Aristotle’s own words: “To seek reasons and dismiss the senses is a certain weakness of mind.” A person who will heed neither the reasons nor the examples and the senses must therefore suffer from a double weakness. Water contains the root of metals and of the essence of gold, and tincturing gold has been obtained from rainwater, as both points have been demonstrated and shown above.

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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.