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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 14: The World and Its End

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Deren Substanz aber durch sothane Vergeh- Zerschmeltz- Verbrennung und corruption, in Chrystallinische Klarheit / und ein allervollkommenstes geistliches Wesen werde transmutirt und verwandelt werden. Gantz ohne dannoch / daß alles / eben gleich wie man etwas in einen Tigel zusammen schmeltzt / und einer oder der andere etwan zu spotten pflegt / werde zusammen geschmeltzt: sondern / da werden die particular-Naturen in die Elementa und principia universalia resolvirt: Diese universal-Naturen aber / gedachter massen / in ein allervollkommenstes Geistliches Wesen / und Chrystallinische Klarheit verwandelt / und also ein neuer (unbeweglicher) Himmel / und eine neue Erde / damit ich des Propheten Esaiæ Wort gebrauche / geschaffen werden. Gestaltsam / verhoffentlich / ein jeder / der die H. Schrifft so wohl an einem: als am andern Ort hiervon gelesen / dabenebenst die Natur nicht nur theoreticè, sondern auch practicè verstehet / mir hierinn Beyfall geben wird;

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 14: The World and Its End

229–230

Their substance, however, will through that passing away, melting, burning, and corruption be transmuted into crystalline clarity and a spiritual being of utmost perfection. This does not mean that everything will be melted together as one melts material in a crucible, as some mockingly suggest. Rather, particular natures will be resolved into the elements and universal principles. These universal natures will then be transformed, as stated, into a spiritual being of utmost perfection and crystalline clarity. Thus a new, immovable heaven and a new earth will be created—to use the words of the prophet Isaiah. I hope everyone who has read the relevant scriptural passages and understands nature in practice as well as theory will agree with me.

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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.