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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Derowegen klar und offenbar / daß die Metallen auch durch keinen particular- oder einigen andern / als den universal-Samen / oder Natur / benanntlich die Elementa (als darinn einig und allein das waare Gold / so noch in seiner wachsenden Wurtzel / mit der Astronomia inferior. also zu reden / oder zu schreiben / zu finden) verwandelt / oder verbessert werden können. Welches dann warlich der Eckstein ist / daran sich sein Lebtag so viel tausend gestossen: In deme man nemblich in den falschen Wahn und Irrthumb gerathen / und denen Mineralien und Metallen / gleich den Animalien und Vegetabilien / einen eigenen Samen zugeschrieben und angedichtet.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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It is therefore clear and evident that metals cannot be transformed or improved through any particular seed, or through anything other than the universal seed or nature, namely the elements. In them alone is true gold found, still in its growing root, to speak or write in the language of inferior astronomy. This is indeed the cornerstone against which so many thousands have stumbled throughout their lives: they have fallen into the false belief and error of ascribing an individual seed to minerals and metals, as to animals and plants.

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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.