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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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78–79

da auch dieser mir weiter erzehlt / was gestalt ein anderer den Thau zu dem Subjecto artis Hermeticæ gebraucht / der aber gleichfalls zu keinem rechten Zweck gelangen mögen: Er selber hat wiederumb zu dem Regenwasser eine gewisse Erde genommen / und die principia seinem Vorgeben nach / also herauß gebracht / daß sie sich mit dem corporalischen Gold und Silber conjungirt; Gleichwohl dessen ohnengeachtet / vermög seiner ebenmäßigen eigenen Geständnuß / in secundâ operatione nicht reussiren / noch das Werck zur Vollkommenheit bringen können. Allwo dann einig und allein die Ursach gewesen / daß sie die Natur nicht recht erkennt / und betrachtet / noch die waaren principia Physices gewust und verstanden / oder beobachtet haben.

78–79

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

78–79

This physician further told me that another man had used dew with the subject of the Hermetic art, but likewise failed to achieve a proper result. He himself had added a certain earth to rainwater and, by his own account, extracted the principles in such a way that they united with bodily gold and silver. Nevertheless, by his own admission, he could not succeed in the second operation or bring the work to perfection. The sole cause was that they had neither rightly understood and considered nature nor known, understood or observed the true principles of natural philosophy.

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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.