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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 4: Generation of Metals

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109–110

Hingegen andere / welche auß einem andern und / wie ich zwar ebenfalls muthmaßlich darvor halten will / des Artephii Process und Practic ihre observanz genommen / beschreiben die generation der Metallen ohngefahrlich folgender gestalt / nemblichen / daß der so genannte Vapor Naturæ, (welcher auff Bergmännisch die Einwitterung oder Bergschwaden mag benennet werden) wann er auß dem centro der Erden sublimirt werde / so durchgehe er entweder truckene oder warme Ort / und im durchgehen der reinen und warmen Ort / wo eine schwefeliche Feuchtigkeit an denen Steinfelsen klebe / begreiffe er dieselbe / und führe sie mit sich; da er dann zu einer Schmierigkeit werde / wie er auch den Nahmen des Dunsts verlasse / und den Nahmen der Feistigkeit an sich nehme /

109–110

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 4: Generation of Metals

109–110

Others, however, drawing their observations from a different process—conjecturally, I suppose, the procedure and practice of Artephius—describe metallic generation approximately as follows. The so-called vapour of nature, which in miners’ language may be called Einwitterung or Bergschwaden, rises by sublimation from the earth’s centre and passes through dry or warm places. Passing through clean and warm places where sulphurous moisture adheres to the rocks, it takes up that moisture and carries it along. It thereby becomes greasy, loses the name of vapour and acquires that of unctuosity.

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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.