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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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148–149

In fernerer Erwegung / ob wohl abermahl ein anderer Philosophischer Spruch sagt: Wann man etwas machen will / das den Metallen soll tüchtig seyn / so muß es auß Metallen / durch Metallen und mit Metallen geschehen. So warnet jedoch Sendivogius hinwiederumb außtrücklich / und mit folgenden Worten: Hanc tibi habeto cautelam (ait) ne in metallis vulgi illud quæras punctum (scilicet semen metallorum) in quibus non est: Nam hæc metalla, præsertim aurum vulgi, mortua sunt, sed nostra sunt viva Spiritum habentia, quæ omnino sumenda.

148–149

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

148–149

Consider further that another philosophical maxim says: “If one wishes to make something suitable for metals, it must be done from metals, through metals and with metals.” Yet Sendivogius expressly warns in turn: “Observe this caution: do not seek in common metals that point—that is, the seed of metals—which is not in them. For these metals, especially common gold, are dead; ours, however, are living and possess a spirit. Those are the metals that must be taken.”

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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.

About Diotimos Editions

This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

Rights

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.