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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

95–96

Von denen Erdbeben.

Allwo die Philosophi nicht weniger sehr manichfaltig- und seltsame Ursachen beybringen / darauß die Erdbeben entspringen sollen. Und zwar thun die meiste die Ursachen derselben denen exhalationibus crassis calidis & siccis zuschreiben; Ohnangesehen der Psalmist / auß Eingeben des H. Geistes / viel ein andere causam efficientem anzeiget / wann er im 8. Psalm spricht: Die Erde bebete und ward beweget / und die Grundfeste der Berge regeten sich / und bebeten / da Er zornig ward. Item im 104. Psalm: Er schauet die Erde an / so bebet sie / Er rühret die Berge an / so rauchen sie. Wie dann und über das erstbesagter Psalmist also an jetztangezogenem Ort die Ursach der exhalationum, GOTT dem HErrn ebenmäßig zueignet.

95–96

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

95–96

Earthquakes.

Here philosophers likewise produce many varied and strange causes from which earthquakes supposedly arise. Most assign their cause to dense, hot and dry exhalations. Yet the Psalmist, inspired by the Holy Spirit, indicates a quite different efficient cause when he says in Psalm 8: “The earth shook and moved, and the foundations of the mountains stirred and trembled because he was angry.” Again, in Psalm 104: “He looks upon the earth, and it trembles; he touches the mountains, and they smoke.” In this latter passage the same Psalmist also assigns the cause of exhalations to the Lord God.

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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.