Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Dahero berührte Alchymisten und Laboranten sattsam zu verstehen geben / daß sie die Erkanntnuß der Natur nicht haben; wie auch derohalben dieselbe nimmermehr zu einem rechten Zweck werden gelangen können / sondern immerdar in ihrem Irrthumb stecken bleiben müssen. Aldieweilen unfehlbar wahr ist / was Sendivogius sagt: Sine lumine & cognitione Naturæ impossibile est, hanc assequi artem.

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

These alchemists and laboratory workers sufficiently reveal that they lack an understanding of nature. They will therefore never be able to attain a proper result, but must remain perpetually caught in their error. For Sendivogius’s saying is unfailingly true: “Without the light and knowledge of nature, it is impossible to attain this art.”

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.