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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem VI

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Ein Element und Thron / so keinen sonderbahren Seegen und Befehl von Gott dem Allmächtigen empfangen. Sintemahln und nach deme Gott der Allmächtige das Wasser unter der Feste an sondere Oerter sich zu samblen verordnet / hat Er demselben / und zwar am fünften Tage / diesen sonderbahren Seegen und Befehl gegeben / sich mit webenden und lebendigen Thieren / und mit Gevögel &c. zu erregen: Wie Er dann auch der Erde zuvorhero die Vegetabilia herfür zu bringen gleichmässigen Seegen und Befehl gegeben und ertheilt. Von dem Regenwasser aber sagt die Schrifft in Beschreibung der Schöpffung / oder vielmehr deren Vollendung (nim. Gen. cap.2. vers.2.) Dann Gott der HErr hatte noch nicht regnen lassen auff Erden. Welches also umb gewisser Ursach willen der definition eingeruckt worden / wie unten im andern Theil und dessen siebendem Capitel abzunehmen. Es wird gesagt:

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem VI

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An element and throne that has received no particular blessing or command from almighty God. After almighty God ordained that the water below the firmament should gather in particular places, on the fifth day he gave it this special blessing and command: to teem with moving and living creatures and with birds, and so forth. Previously he had given the earth a similar blessing and command to bring forth plants. But concerning rainwater, Scripture says in its account of creation—or rather its completion—“For God the Lord had not yet caused it to rain upon the earth.” This clause was therefore included in the definition for a definite reason, as may be gathered from chapter seven of the Second Part. It is said:

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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.