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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Original Subject Index

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German & Latin

unnumbered register pp. 9–10

Glaß zu bereiten / daß es sich dähnen und hämmern lässt — 184 Gold so waar und annoch in seiner wachsenden Wurtzel / ist einig und allein in den Elementen zu finden — 32. wann es seinen Terminum erreicht / ists nicht höher zu bringen — 143. ist keiner corruption noch putrefaction unterworffen — 144 Gott ist der rechte æternus motor, & principium motus & quietis in omnibus rebus animalibus — 48. hat alle Ding durch sein ewig selbständig Wort erschaffen — 26. würcket durch nichts als durch sein Wort — ibid. H. Helvetius de vitulo aureo — 167 Hermetische Kunst ist eine Nachahmung der Schöpffung — 3. Philosophia besteht in praxi & Theoria — ibid. Himmel werden in ein Chrystallische Klarheit und geistliches Wesen verwandelt werden — 229. wird unbeweglich werden — 230

unnumbered register pp. 9–10

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Original Subject Index

unnumbered register pp. 9–10

Preparing glass that can be stretched and hammered — 184 True gold still in its growing root is found only in the elements — 32; once it reaches its limit it cannot be raised higher — 143; is subject neither to corruption nor putrefaction — 144 God is the true eternal mover and principle of motion and rest in all animate things — 48; created everything through his eternal subsistent Word — 26; acts through nothing except his Word — ibid. H. Helvetius, On the Golden Calf — 167 The Hermetic art imitates creation — 3; Hermetic philosophy consists of practice and theory — ibid. The heavens will be transformed into crystalline clarity and spiritual being — 229; will become immovable — 230

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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.

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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.