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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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Jedoch ist ein anders / wann man die Medicin erstlich uffs beste bereitet / und dann mit Gold fermentirt / da ein Theil zwar tausent Theil allerhand gemeiner Metallen in Gold tingirt / aber nachgehends das Werck sich nicht mehr multipliciren lässet; Wovon Basilius clav. 12. handelt. Welches rechtschaffene Philosophi und Artisten wohl / aber solche Betrüger nicht zu practiciren wissen.

145–146

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

145–146

The case is different, however, when the medicine is first prepared in the best manner and then fermented with gold. One part then tinctures a thousand parts of various common metals into gold, but afterwards the work can no longer be multiplied. Basilius discusses this in his twelfth key. Honest philosophers and practitioners know how to perform it; such deceivers do not.

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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.