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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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165–166

Welchem ebenmässig nichts derogirt / daß die darauß geschiedene Elementa einander / auch das Wasser contrar- und widerwärtig. Et quod de privatione ad habitum non fiat regressus.

Anerwogen / solche jetztmahlige disproportion, contrarietät und Widerwärtigkeit nur accidental und nicht substantial, und die Elementa allein quoad qualitates & accidentia, nicht aber quoad essentiam gegen einander disproportionirt und einander zu wider seynd. Gestalten auch mehrangeregte anatisatio, und perfectio nostri Magisterii, nicht anders / als (wie abermahl obgedacht) superflua removendo geschiehet / secundum illud vulgare: Nihil addendum, nihil minuendum, sed tantum superflua removenda.

165–166

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

165–166

This is not impaired by the fact that the elements separated from water are contrary and opposed to one another and to water, or by the rule that there is no return from privation to possession. Their present disproportion, contrariety and opposition are accidental, not substantial. The elements are disproportionate and opposed only in their qualities and accidents, not in their essence. The equal balancing and perfection of our magistery are accomplished solely, as stated before, by removing superfluities, according to the familiar saying: “Nothing is to be added, nothing diminished; only superfluities are to be removed.”

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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.