Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II Title and Motto

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German & Latin

53, title page

CANDIDA PHŒNIX PHILOSOPHICA oder Auffrichtige Beschreibung der Materiæ Lapidis und des Mercurii Philosophorum, durch die Gleich- und Geheimnuß des Regenwassers.

Anderer Theil.

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II Title and Motto

53, title page

THE WHITE PHILOSOPHICAL PHOENIX or a sincere description of the matter of the Stone and of the Philosophers’ Mercury, through the analogy and mystery of rainwater.

Second Part.

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.