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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 3: Comets and Other Meteors

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Bevorab aber und daß der Allweise Gott / in solchen und dergleichen allen / sich einig und allein das Regiment vorbehalten / und sothane Wunderwerck also gleichsam immediatè von Seiner Göttlichen Allmacht herrühren / das bezeuget Moyses im andern Capitel seines ersten Buchs mit diesen Worten: Der HERR hatte noch nicht regnen lassen auff Erden. Wie es auch Gott selbsten Job 38. cap. mit mehrerm andeutet und erklärt / wann Er under andern spricht: Bistu gewesen / da der Schnee herkombt / oder hastu gesehen / wo der Hagel herkombt? die ich habe verhalten / biß auff die Zeit der Trübsal &c. Item / Wer hat dem Platzregen seinen Lauff außgetheilet / und den Weg dem Blitzen und Donner. Ferner und in specie: Kanstu deinen Donner in den Wolcken hoch herführen &c.

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

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Above all, the all-wise God has reserved government over all such things to himself alone. These wondrous works proceed, as it were, immediately from his divine omnipotence. Moses testifies to this in Genesis 2: “The LORD had not yet caused rain upon the earth.” God himself further indicates and explains it in Job 38, saying among other things: “Have you been where the snow comes from, or seen where the hail comes from, which I have reserved until the time of trouble?” Again: “Who has allotted its course to the downpour, and a way to lightning and thunder?” And particularly: “Can you bring your thunder high among the clouds?”

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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.