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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Candida Phoenix PhilosophicaPart II — Proem

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Part II — Proem

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55–56

Ob nun wohl solches abermahl de Practica geredt / und hingegen noch ferner eine Theoriam zu beschreiben mein Vorhaben ist. Dieweil aber dergleichen irrige Labores (deren noch täglich neue erfunden werden) auß einem ebenmäßigen Irrthumb und nemblichen einer falschen Theoria herfliessen. Dabenebenst auch ich in diesem andern Theil gegenwärtigen Tractats die Operationes unsers Subjecti gleichfalls / und noch weiters anzuzeigen willens bin: Als habe ich sothane des Sendivogii eigene Wort und Erinnerung Prooëmii loco anhero setzen wollen.

55–56

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Proem

55–56

Although this again concerns practice, whereas I still intend to set out a theory, such mistaken labours—new examples of which are invented daily—flow from a corresponding error, namely a false theory. Moreover, in this second part of the present treatise I also intend to explain the operations of our subject further. I have therefore chosen to place Sendivogius’s own words and admonition here as a proem.

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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.