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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Candida Phoenix PhilosophicaPart II — Chapter 12: Solomon and the Hermetic Art

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Part II — Chapter 12: Solomon and the Hermetic Art

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Zumahln Er der Weiseste unter allen Königen / die vor und nach ihme / auch vermög der Historien die Kunst bey den Juden mehr / als etwa bey andern Nationen bekannt: Massen das Urim und Thumim nichts anders / weder das Album & Rubrum Philosophicum gewesen / wie in folgender Epistel / und dem dreyzehenden Capitel auch etwas davon Meldung geschehen wird. Zu deme und über diß alles mehrbesagte Wissenschafft höchstgedachtem König in seiner Weißheit an gedachtem 7. Cap. nicht undeutlich geschrieben wird / wann daselbst stehet: Gott hat mir gegeben gewisse Erkäntnuß alles Dings / daß ich weiß wie die Welt gemacht ist / und die Krafft der Element.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 12: Solomon and the Hermetic Art

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All the more so, since he was the wisest of all the kings before and after him, and history indicates that the Art was better known among the Jews than perhaps among other nations. For Urim and Thummim were nothing other than the philosophical White and Red, as will also be mentioned in the following letter and in chapter thirteen. Above all, the knowledge in question is plainly ascribed to this king in chapter 7 of his Wisdom: “God has given me sure knowledge of all things, so that I know how the world was made and the power of the elements.”

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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.