DiotimosReading Desk

Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · Bilingual Edition

Anonymous

Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

Explore the Lexicon
Candida Phoenix PhilosophicaPart II — Chapter 7: Other Waters and Philosophical Earth

Swipe or use the arrow keys.

English Page · Branch 233 of 411

Part II — Chapter 7: Other Waters and Philosophical Earth

Book Mode

German & Latin

156

Das Siebende Capitel. Von den Wassern auff- und in dem Erdboden.

Q. Nachdem oben statuirt: welcher gestalt das Regenwasser (wie auch andere Wasser) in der Scheidung an sich selbst nicht verändert worden / und derowegen auß jetzt- und offtgedachtem Regenwasser / als einem Subjecto catholico, eine universal-Medicin und Tinctur zu Verbesserung der Metallen præparirt werden: Ob dann solches nicht ebenmässig auß dem Meer- und andern Wassern auff- und in dem Erdboden geschehen könne?

156

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 7: Other Waters and Philosophical Earth

156

Chapter Seven. Of the waters upon and within the earth.

Question. It was established above that rainwater, like other waters, was not changed in itself at the separation. A universal medicine and a tincture for improving metals can therefore be prepared from rainwater as an all-embracing subject. Could the same not also be done with seawater and other waters upon and within the earth?

156

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.

About Diotimos Editions

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.