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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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178–179

Hingegen aber und im fall man sich erinnert / wie es zugehet / wann es im Winter außwendig des Zimmers kalt / und inwendig warm ist / daß die Fenster davon schwitzen / und also die Lufft durch das Glaß tringt / so wird man auch leichtlich begreiffen können / wie dieses Wasser durch die Feste des Himmels tringe / und dann obgedachter massen zu uns herab komme.

178–179

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

178–179

But consider what happens in winter, when it is cold outside a room and warm within: the windows sweat, and thus air penetrates the glass. One can then readily understand how this water penetrates the firmament of heaven and descends to us in the manner described.

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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.