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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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Im übrigen / und gleich wie ich denen Elementen ihre durch Gottes universal-Wort / und dergestalt von sich selbst habende Beweg- und Würckungen / auch denen Sternen ihre Influenz und concordanz in dieselbe / und mit denselben / nicht zu benehmen begehrt; Also und damit ich auch etwas gedencke:

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

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Moreover, just as I do not seek to deprive the elements of the motions and operations they possess in themselves through God’s universal Word, or the stars of their influence upon and concordance with those elements, so I shall also say something of the following.

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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.