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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem IV

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Ohngeachtet nun / wie oben deducirt / alles auß dem Wasser und den Elementen herkommen / auch alles wieder in ein Wasser / und die Elementa zu resolviren; So dann und nicht weniger speculative und theoreticè (zum Exempel) der Mensch auff den Samen / der Same auffs Blut / das Blut auff den Chylum, der Chylus auffs Brodt: Ferner und wiederumb / das Brodt auffs Meel / das Meel auffs Korn / das Korn auff die Erde / die Erde auff das Wasser: Deßgleichen die Metalla auff ihren Mercurium, Sulphur und Sal, und diese ebenfalls auff die Elementa zu reduciren; So kan doch re verâ und practicè keine reductio noch resolutio der particularien in primam materiam & principia universalia geschehen.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem IV

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Although, as argued above, everything arose from water and the elements and can be resolved into water and the elements, and although we may likewise reduce things in thought and theory—for example, a human being to seed, seed to blood, blood to chyle, and chyle to bread; then bread to flour, flour to grain, grain to earth, and earth to water; and similarly the metals to their Mercury, Sulfur, and Salt, and these again to the elements—nevertheless no reduction or resolution of particular things into prime matter and the universal principles can actually be accomplished in practice.

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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.