Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Candida Phoenix PhilosophicaPart II — Chapter 3: Comets and Other Meteors

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Part II — Chapter 3: Comets and Other Meteors

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Dahero auch und wiederumb auff das vorige propos zu kommen / und von dem Erdbeben noch etwas wenigs anzuregen / des Helmonti Meynung nicht zu verwerffen ist / da Er (referent. etiam Bechmann.) mit Anführung des Exempels Matth. 28. vers. 2. die Ursach der Erdbeben den Engeln zuschreibet.

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 3: Comets and Other Meteors

98–99

Returning therefore to the preceding subject, and adding a little about earthquakes, Helmont’s opinion should not be rejected. Citing the example in Matthew 28:2, he assigns the cause of earthquakes to angels, as Bechmann also reports.

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.