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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 13: The Controversy Over Light

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Primò quidem die creationis superficiei, seu subtiliori cuidam parti aquarum: Secundo verò & tertio die aëri seu toto cœlorum expanso, ac demum quarto die postquam creata fuerunt luminaria, in cœlo, Soli, Lunæ reliquisque Astris indita.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 13: The Controversy Over Light

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On the first day of creation it inhered in the surface, or in some subtler part of the waters; on the second and third days, in the air or the whole expanse of the heavens; finally, on the fourth day, after the luminaries had been created in heaven, it was imparted to the sun, moon, and other stars.

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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.