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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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Bevorab aber spricht Antonius de Abbatia: Und wo ihr werdet wissen recht zu laboriren / so werdet ihr sehen / unser vegetabilisch Saltz / unser spiritualisch gemachtes Gold / unser Silber / unser Bley / unser Zinn / unser Kupffer / unser Eisen / unser Arsenic, unser Salarmoniacum, unsern Vitriol, unsere Magnesiam, unsern Alaun / unsern Hybith, unsern Sulphur, unsere Milch / Essig / und Kinderharn / das weisse Honig / den Brunnen / den Thau der himmlischen Gnaden / den sauersten Essig / unsern Wein / unser gewürtztes Menstruum, den gesegneten Götter-Tranck.

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

151–152

Above all, Antonius de Abbatia says: “If you know how to work rightly, you will see our vegetable salt, our gold made spiritual, our silver, our lead, our tin, our copper, our iron, our arsenic, our sal ammoniac, our vitriol, our magnesia, our alum, our Hybith, our sulphur, our milk, vinegar and children’s urine, the white honey, the fountain, the dew of heavenly grace, the sourest vinegar, our wine, our seasoned menstruum, the blessed drink of the gods.”

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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.