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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 6: Rainwater as a Subject

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Was die animal-vegetabil- und mineralische Natur in sich hat / das ist ein vollkommenes Subjectum.

Das Regenwasser hat die animal-vegetabil- und mineralische Natur in sich.

Ergò, so ists ein vollkommenes Subjectum.

Der Major ist auß sothanem Spruch Hortulani selbsten / wie auch der Minor auß bißheriger deduction überflüssig probirt.

Worauß ferner folgt / daß / weiln das Regenwasser ein vollkommenes Subjectum, und nicht allein die animal- und vegetabilische / sondern auch die mineralische Natur in sich hat / daß darauß so wohl eine Tinctur zu Verbesserung der Metallen / als eine universal-Medicin zu præpariren sey.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 6: Rainwater as a Subject

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Whatever contains animal, vegetable and mineral nature is a perfect subject.

Rainwater contains animal, vegetable and mineral nature.

Therefore it is a perfect subject.

The major premise is abundantly proved by Hortulanus’s statement itself, and the minor premise by the preceding deduction.

It further follows that, since rainwater is a perfect subject, containing mineral as well as animal and vegetable nature, both a tincture for improving metals and a universal medicine can be prepared from it.

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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.