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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem VII

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Der Himmel ist durchs Wort des HERRN gemacht / und alle sein Heer durch den Geist seines Mundes. Gestalten er hiemit nicht allein GOtt den Vatter / mit dem Wort HERR / sondern auch GOtt den Sohn / als des Vatters Ewiges selbständiges Wort / ingleichem GOtt den H. Geist / in dem Er sagt: Durch den Geist seines Mundes &c. unterschiedlich nahmhafftig macht / und daß der Himmel / und dessen Heer / durch diesen Dreyeinigen Gott erschaffen worden / und also das Wort: Elohim: die Heilige Dreyeinigkeit bedeute / bezeuget. Für Eins. Am andern so wird in obigen Worten / auch angezeigt / was geschaffen worden / nemblich: Das Gewässer / die Erde / die Tieffe / die Finsternuß / und der Geist Gottes. Worbey auch außtrücklich vermeldet wird / daß dieser Geist auff dem Wasser geschwebt / und nicht daß Er geschaffen / oder die beede damahls erschaffen in einander gelegene Stück (das Gewässer und die Erde) vollkommen gemacht habe.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem VII

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“Heaven was made through the word of the LORD, and all its host through the spirit of his mouth.” Thus he names distinctly not only God the Father by “LORD,” but also God the Son as the Father’s eternal subsistent Word, and God the Holy Spirit when he says “through the spirit of his mouth.” He testifies that heaven and its host were created by this triune God, and hence that Elohim signifies the Holy Trinity. That is the first point. Second, the words above also state what was created: the waters, earth, deep, darkness, and spirit of God. They expressly say that this spirit hovered upon the water, not that it created anything or perfected the two things then created and lying within one another, the waters and the earth.

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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.

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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.