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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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Gestalten auch (fürs Andere) nicht folgt / St. Paulus redet von dem Fürsten der in der Lufft und Finsternuß dieser Welt herrschet &c. Ergo, so hat derselbe (als der Teuffel) obberührten Sturmwind erreget / angesehen / diese und andere dergleichen Wetter und Witterungen ein für allemahl Wunderwercke Gottes seynd / welche der Teuffel mit nichten schaffen / oder verrichten kan / noch auch GOtt der HErr ihn schaffen / oder verrichten lassen wird. Anders auff dißmahl zu geschweigen.

102–103

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

102–103

Second, it does not follow that, because Saint Paul speaks of the prince ruling in the air and the darkness of this world, that prince—the Devil—therefore raised the storm just mentioned. These and other such storms and weather are, once and for all, God’s wondrous works. The Devil can neither create nor perform them, nor will the Lord God allow him to do so. I leave other matters aside for the present.

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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.

About Diotimos Editions

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.