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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I Title and Motto

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CANDIDA PHŒNIX PHILOSOPHICA oder Auffrichtige Beschreibung der Materiæ Lapidis und des Mercurii Philosophorum, durch die Gleich- und Geheimnuß des Regenwassers.

Worbenebenst zugleich die vera principia der Hermetischen Philosophiæ getreulich deut- und klärlich / wie auch die Operationes gedachter Materiæ und des Subjecti artis, sattsam angezeigt und vorgetragen werden.

Erster Theil.

Symbol. Philosophic. Prece, lectione, meditatione & labore.

Franckfurt am Mayn / verlegts Christian Hermsdorff. M DC LXXX.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I Title and Motto

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THE WHITE PHILOSOPHICAL PHOENIX or a sincere description of the matter of the Stone and of the Philosophers’ Mercury, through the analogy and mystery of rainwater.

In which the true principles of Hermetic philosophy are also faithfully, distinctly and clearly explained, and the operations of the aforesaid matter and of the subject of the art are sufficiently indicated and set forth.

First Part.

Philosophical motto: Through prayer, reading, meditation and labour.

Frankfurt am Main: published by Christian Hermsdorff. 1680.

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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.