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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Conclusion

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German & Latin

242–243

Dahingegen / und im übrigen / wann je einer oder der andere / den Philosophischen Phœnicem, und das Subjectum artis Hermeticæ auß gegenwärtiger meiner Beschreib- und Unterweisung (ohnangesehen ich so deut- und treulich damit herauß gegangen / als immer geschehen mag) nicht kan erkennen lernen / noch auch denen rationibus, wordurch demonstrirt worden / daß auß dem Regenwasser ebenfalls eine universal-Medicin zu præpariren / statt geben / und was für herrliche arcana darinn zu finden glauben will / so wird er jedoch so viel darauß abnehmen / daß alle andere Materien / und bevorab die particularia zu diesem Werck nicht dienlich / und also derselbe vor vieler vergeblichen Zeitverliehrung und schwehren Unkosten / darein sich unzehlige / biß dahero gestecket / sich zu hüten wissen.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Conclusion

242–243

If, despite my explaining matters as clearly and faithfully as possible, a reader cannot learn to recognize the philosophical phoenix and the subject of the Hermetic art from this account, or will neither accept the reasons showing that a universal medicine may likewise be prepared from rainwater nor believe what splendid arcana it contains, he will at least learn this much: all other materials, especially particulars, are unsuitable for the work. He will thus know to guard against the great waste of time and heavy expense into which countless people have hitherto plunged.

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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.