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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 8: Philosophical Water

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Wie ein jeder / der dieses Wassers Eigenschafft / und die Natur in hoc passu recht zu betrachten weiß / mir hierinn / auch daß unser Subjectum alhie recht und eigentlich describirt sey / wird Beyfall geben müssen.

Sonsten möchte einen oder den andern folgendes hiervon und dieser meiner Meynung beyzupflichten abhalten / weil nemlich viel seligerwehnter Arnd auß dem Job inferirt: Expandes fortia æthera sicut speculum fusum &c.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 8: Philosophical Water

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Anyone who knows how rightly to consider this water’s property and nature in this respect must agree with me here, including that our subject has been rightly and precisely described.

The following might nevertheless prevent some from assenting to this opinion of mine. The late Arnd, so often mentioned, brings forward from Job: “Will you spread out the mighty heavens, like a cast mirror?”

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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.

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.