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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

83–84

So hat zu unserer Zeit Henrich von Baßdorff / auß ebenmäßiger eigener Erfahrung / fünff sonderbare Irrweg / nimirum ex Marte, Jove, Venere, Saturno & Mercurio, umbständ- und außführlich beschrieben / und daß Er ohnangesehen der / und zwar bevorab in diesem letzten Subjecto gefundenen vortrefflichen apparentien / jedoch sein Vorhaben darinn so wenig / als in den andern erreichen mögen / uns zur Warnung deutlich und treuhertzig berichtet.

83–84

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

83–84

Likewise in our own time Henrich von Baßdorff, drawing upon his own experience, described five particular false paths fully and in detail: those proceeding from Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Mercury. He plainly and sincerely told us, as a warning, that despite the excellent appearances he found, especially in the last of these subjects, he could achieve his purpose in it no more than in the others.

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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.