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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 5: Generation of Precious Stones

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Den Ursprung aber anbelangend / seynd die Philosophi wiederumb gantz einig / und wird auch in folgendem Capitel wiederholet werden / was massen selbige auß eben der Materia, wie die Metalla und Mineralia entspringen. Gestalten durch das rothe und weisse vollkommene Philosophische Elixir, die geringe / als Böhmische Diamanten / Chrystallen / Item Granaten und dergleichen / ebenfalls in vollkommen- und bessere / als Orientalische Edelgestein verwandelt: nicht weniger auch die zerbrochene und kleine Edelgestein consolidirt, und ergrössert werden können; Wie under andern in der Lucerna Salis Philosophorum, davon zu lesen.

115–116

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 5: Generation of Precious Stones

115–116

Concerning their origin, philosophers again agree entirely, as will be repeated in the following chapter, that precious stones arise from the same matter as metals and minerals. Through the perfect red and white philosophical elixir, inferior stones—Bohemian diamonds, crystals, garnets and the like—may likewise be transformed into more perfect and better ones, such as Oriental precious stones. Broken and small gemstones may also be consolidated and enlarged. This may be read, among other places, in the Lamp of the Philosophers’ Salt.

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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.

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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.