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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 2: The Three Philosophical Principles

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German & Latin

86–87

Dieses / sage ich / seynd die drey Philosophische Principia, und die drey Philosophische Principia seynd die Elementa.

Der Mercurius ist / wie gedacht / die Lufft / der Sulphur ist das Feuer / und das Saltz ist das Wasser: Und eben dasselbe ist auch wiederumb die Erde / so dann und nicht weniger der Leib / vermittelst dessen / sage ich nochmahln / dieser triplex Spiritus sichtbar und begreifflich ist / auch in drey underschiedliche hypostases und principia zerlegt / und philosophicè tractirt werden kan; Gestalten de Nuysement mir hierinn stattlich beystehet / wann Er spricht: Nihil absque Sale in sensum visus aut tactus venit. Wie auch obangeregter massen der Author der Offenbahrung Göttlicher Majestät / schreibet / daß das anfänglich unsichtige Wasser / von GOtt dem HErrn mit einer Schale überzogen / und demselben ein Ansehen gemacht worden.

86–87

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 2: The Three Philosophical Principles

86–87

These, I say, are the three philosophical principles, and the three philosophical principles are the elements.

Mercury, as stated, is air; Sulphur is fire; Salt is water. That same Salt is also earth, and no less the body through which this threefold spirit becomes visible and tangible, can be divided into three distinct hypostases and principles, and can be treated philosophically. Nuysement strongly supports me when he says, “Nothing reaches the sense of sight or touch without Salt.” As already mentioned, the author of the Revelation of Divine Majesty likewise writes that the originally invisible water was covered with a shell by the Lord God and thereby given a visible appearance.

86–87

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.

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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.