Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Deme keinen Abbruch thut / daß etliche zu Behauptung der widerigen Meynung vorwenden / weil damahl Niemands / so dasselbe hören können / zugegen: wäre es kein vernehmlich Wort / welches in die Ohren gefallen / gewesen / &c. Sintemahln und daß das Gewässer und die Elementa damahls bereits erschaffen / und in rerum naturâ sich befunden / unlaugbar ist: Demnächst aber / und daß sie so fern ein Leben und Sinnligkeit haben / und Gott den HErrn sehen / und seine Stimme hören können / solches wird auß nachfolgenden Sprüchen der H. Schrifft bewiesen:

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

This is not weakened by the objection of those defending the opposite opinion: since nobody capable of hearing it was present, they say, it cannot have been an audible word entering the ears. It is undeniable, however, that the waters and elements had already been created and existed in nature. That they possess life and sensation to the extent of being able to see the Lord God and hear his voice is proved by the following passages of Holy Scripture.

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.