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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Candida Phoenix PhilosophicaPart II — Chapter 3: Comets and Other Meteors

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Part II — Chapter 3: Comets and Other Meteors

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German & Latin

93–94

Gleich wie ich aber in meinem Ersten damahls nemblichen besagten 1665sten Jahrs von dem Regenwasser geschriebenen Tractätlein / meine wenige Meynung hiervon kurtz- und ohngefahrlich dahin eröffnet / daß nach deme / mehrangeregter massen / keine Natur sey / die etwas würcket / auch wir in H. Schrifft nicht lesen / daß GOTT der HErr Sternen geschaffen / die biß zu einiger Zeit verborgen seyn / sondern die auff die Erden scheinen sollen / sothane Sternen einig und allein von Gott dem HErrn / wann Er dieselbe auff Erden scheinen lassen / und uns dardurch etwas andeuten will / geschaffen / und nachmahls wieder weg genommen worden;

93–94

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 3: Comets and Other Meteors

93–94

In my first little treatise on rainwater, written in the year 1665 just mentioned, I briefly and approximately expressed my modest opinion as follows. Since, as repeatedly explained, no nature acts of itself, and since Holy Scripture does not say that the Lord God created stars to remain hidden until some particular time, but rather to shine upon the earth, such stars are created solely by the Lord God when he wishes them to shine upon the earth and signify something to us; afterwards they are removed again.

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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.