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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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Primò est Lapis Philosophorum, qui omnium primàs obtinet, hunc sequitur Tinctura Solis & Lunæ ad rubeum & album, postea Tinctura Vitrioli & Veneris, nec non Tinctura Martis, quarum utraque tincturam Solis in se habet, si modo ad fixationem perseverantem deducta fuerit, hanc excipit Tinctura Jovis & Saturni, ad coagulandum Mercurium, denique ipsiusmet Mercurii Tinctura,

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

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“First is the Philosophers’ Stone, which holds the foremost place of all. Next comes the tincture of Sun and Moon for the red and the white; then the tincture of Vitriol and Venus, and also the tincture of Mars. Each of these contains the tincture of the Sun, provided it has been brought to enduring fixation. Next comes the tincture of Jupiter and Saturn for coagulating Mercury, and finally the tincture of Mercury itself.”

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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.