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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 11: Theophrastus and the Homunculus

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Exemplum quoque non dissimile habemus in nostrâ arte: Nam quemadmodum Magisterium nostrum alterutrô principiô & sive fermento sive Azoth solo sumpto non potest perfici, sed ambo adhiberi necesse est, ita etiam istud etsi perfectum, multiplicari nequit, nisi aliâ aquâ Mercuriali additâ. Et tunc videtur illud, quod in igne fluit, in aëre se coagulare, sicut ante, quod in igne se coagulaverat in aëre fluerat.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 11: Theophrastus and the Homunculus

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Our own Art provides a comparable example. Our magistery cannot be completed by taking either principle alone, whether the ferment or Azoth: both must be employed. Likewise, even when perfected, it cannot be multiplied unless further mercurial water is added. Then what flows in fire is seen to coagulate in air, just as previously what coagulated in fire flowed in air.

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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.

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.