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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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Gestaltsam demnach die jenige / welche darauß gemelten Lapidem und die Tincturam Physicam præpariren wollen / gröblich contra principia irren / und gantz thöricht handlen: In fernerer Erwegung gleichfalls bekannt / daß wann die Natur ihren Terminum erreicht hat / selbige nachmahls nicht höher zu bringen. Worauß abermahl zu schliessen / daß weil das Gold seinen Terminum erreicht / es nicht höher zu bringen / noch mehrgedachte Tinctur (als welche angeregter massen weit / weit höher und edler weder das Gold selbst ist) darauß zu præpariren.

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

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Those who wish to prepare the stone and the natural tincture from gold therefore err grossly against the principles and act altogether foolishly. It is also known that once nature has reached its limit, it cannot afterwards be raised higher. We must therefore conclude once again that, since gold has reached its limit, it cannot be raised higher, nor can the tincture be prepared from it, since that tincture, as stated, is far, far higher and nobler than gold itself.

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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.