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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 7: Other Waters and Philosophical Earth

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German & Latin

159–160

Allermassen / und ob zwar nicht ohne / daß mehrbedeuteter Spiritus, sonder die Erde nicht zu coaguliren noch zu figiren. Gleich wie aber fürs Erste nach Lullii und des Authoris des Eröffneten Philosophischen Vatter-Hertzen wohlmeynender außtrücklicher Lehr und Erinnerung / nicht die Erde / die wir mit unsern Füssen betreten / sondern eine Philosophische und eine Erde / die angeregter massen / über unsern Häuptern schwebt / hierzu gehörig: Also muß fürs andere selbe Erde von allen superfluitatibus liberirt, gantz rein und ohne Macul seyn.

159–160

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

159–160

It is indeed true that the spirit repeatedly mentioned cannot be coagulated or fixed without earth. First, however, according to the express and well-intentioned teaching and admonition of Lull and the author of the Opened Philosophical Father’s Heart, the appropriate earth is not the ground we tread beneath our feet, but a philosophical earth—one that, as stated, hovers above our heads. Second, this earth must be freed from every superfluity, entirely pure and without stain.

159–160

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.