Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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74–75

Dann und zu deme / wie oben im Ersten Theil ebenmäßig erwiesen / die Wasser in der Scheidung an sich selbst nicht verändert worden / so schliesst sich auß jetzt- und vorangeführten Gründen auch insonderheit / daß das jenige / was in diesem Kraut primariò würcket / daß das Haupt und Hirn / ingleichem das Hertz dardurch gestärckt: In jenem daß die Brust und Lungen gereinigt: In einem andern / daß die verstopffte Leber / und Miltz geöffnet; wiederumb in einem andern / daß der Magen confortirt: abermahl in einem andern / daß (s.h.) der Schweiß und Urin dardurch getrieben und befördert wird / das würcket auch dergestalt in dem Regenwasser (und bevorab unserm Subjecto) und der darauß præparirten universal-Medicin, daß vermittelst Göttlicher Hülff und Gnaden / alle Kranckheiten dardurch können curiret und geheilet werden. Gestalten dasselbe (nicht weniger / als erst- und mehrberührtes unser Subjectum) mag anatisirt, und in ein summum temperamentum gebracht werden.

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

74–75

Moreover, as was likewise proved in the first part, the waters were not changed in themselves by their division. It therefore follows particularly that the power which acts primarily in one herb to strengthen the head, brain and heart, in another to cleanse the chest and lungs, in another to open an obstructed liver and spleen, in another to strengthen the stomach, and in yet another to promote perspiration and urine—with due respect—also acts in rainwater, especially in our subject and the universal medicine prepared from it. Through divine help and grace, all diseases may thereby be cured and healed. For rainwater, no less than our repeatedly mentioned subject, may undergo equal balancing and be brought to the highest balance of qualities.

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.