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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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Item / und zu denen ohne einigen particular-Saamen auß den Elementen entspringenden Mineralien und Metallen (dann was obgedachten Mercurium, Sulphur, und Sal, so wohln das Colostrum den Bergschwaden / Metallferck &c. auch die in den Bergwercken befindliche Gur &c. wie eines und anders also genannt wird / anbelangt / ist solches alles nichts anders / als respectivè die ad mineralia & metalla specificirte Elementa, ein mineralisches Wasser und unzeitiges Metall / oder Minerale &c. wie auß oberzehlter Historia von dem Bierischen Wasser / auch anderwerter Erfahrung darzuthun und abzunehmen) zu schreiten / dieselbe gleicher gestalt nicht nur auff jetzt- und mehrerwehnte Elementa, sondern auch sothane in hoc ordine secundariò selbst operirende / und ebenmässig ohne einig particular-Wort und Befehl sich specificirende Elementa, abermahls auff das Universal- und Substantial-Wort Gottes zurück zu ziehen:

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

138–139

Suppose also that we turn to minerals and metals, which arise from the elements without any particular seed. The Mercury, sulphur and salt already mentioned, colostrum, mine vapours, Metallferck, the gur found in mines, and other such named substances are all, in their respective cases, elements specified towards minerals and metals: a mineral water and an unripe metal or mineral. This may be shown and inferred from the earlier account of Bier’s water and from other experience. We trace these substances not only to the elements already discussed, but trace those elements in turn to God’s universal and substantial Word. In this secondary order the elements themselves operate and specify themselves without any particular word or command.

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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.