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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 10: Requirements for the Art

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191–192

Danebenst muß ich jedoch dieses ebenfalls von mehrerwehntem Theophrasto rühmen / daß ich quoad secundam operationem, deßgleichen und bevorab was die multiplication anbelangt / gute Erläuterung bey demselben gefunden. Massen ich auch im übrigen auß seinen Schrifften so viel ersehen / daß er GOTT den HErrn für seinen Schöpffer (dem er auch nicht weniger seiner Kunst halben die Ehre gegeben) und nächst Erinnerung des Falls Adams und Evæ / und per consequens seiner sündlichen Geburt / JEsum Christum für der Welt Heyland erkennet / die Aufferstehung der Todten und ein jüngstes Gericht geglaubet / und des ewigen Lebens getröstet; Wie Er dann solchen seinen Glauben mit der Liebe gegen dem Nächsten nicht allein auff obgedachte Weiß / sondern auch mit Außtheilung seiner Güter under die Armen treulich bewiesen und vorgedachtes sein Epitaphium abermahl mit folgenden Worten bezeuget: Ac bona sua in pauperes distribuenda, collocandaque honoravit &c.

191–192

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 10: Requirements for the Art

191–192

I must nevertheless praise Theophrastus for this as well: I have found useful illumination in him concerning the second operation, and especially multiplication. From his writings I have also learned that he acknowledged the Lord God as his Creator, to whom he gave the honour for his Art. Remembering the fall of Adam and Eve and consequently his own birth in sin, he acknowledged Jesus Christ as the Saviour of the world, believed in the resurrection of the dead and a Last Judgment, and took comfort in eternal life. He faithfully demonstrated that belief through love of his neighbour, not only in the manner already described but also by distributing his possessions among the poor. His epitaph bears witness to this too: “And he honoured his possessions by assigning and distributing them to the poor,” and so forth.

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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.