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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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German & Latin

77–78

In mehrer Erwegung (und zwar erstlich von den Universalien zu reden) das Regenwasser / ob es schon dem Subjecto artis Hermeticæ gantz nahe verwandt ist; Massen ich auß sonderbarer von einem vornehmen Medico mir erzehlter Erfahrung weiß; So lässt sich doch dieses mit jenem / und hinwiederumb jenes mit diesem / noch auch sonsten eines dergleichen mit einem oder dem andern / im geringsten nicht philosophicè tractiren / weniger figiren; wie man auch anders wird erfahren müssen / was Antonius de Abbatia schreibet: So etwan etliche die rechte Materiam bekommen (deren doch sehr wenig seynd) so vermischen sie sie doch / daß sie sie verderben / und zu nicht machen &c.

77–78

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

77–78

Consider further, speaking first of universals: although rainwater is very closely related to the subject of the Hermetic art—as I know from a remarkable experience related to me by an eminent physician—one cannot treat the one philosophically with the other, or the other with the one, nor treat either with any similar thing; still less can one fix them in that way. Otherwise one must experience what Antonius de Abbatia writes: “If some obtain the right matter—and they are very few—they nevertheless mix it in such a way that they spoil and destroy it,” 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.

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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.