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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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133–134

Dahero und weiln die Philosophi solche und zwar / wie abermahl obberührt / aller und jeder Metallen auß dem Wasser und den Elementen bestehende Entspringung: Ingleichem erforschet / daß selbige allein perfectione & imperfectione differiren / demnechst auch wahrgenommen / daß sonderlich das Gold in der Erden gar langsam zu seiner Zeitigung gelangt; Als seynd dieselbe dahin bedacht gewesen / auff daß sie es durch die Kunst befördren möchten.

133–134

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

133–134

The philosophers accordingly investigated this generation of every metal from water and the elements. They likewise discovered that the metals differ only in perfection and imperfection, and observed that gold in particular reaches its maturity in the earth very slowly. They therefore considered how they might advance that maturation through art.

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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.