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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

96–97

Gestalten unser HErr GOtt mit der Natur nach ihrer qualität und Eigenschafft handelt / und in derselben würcket. Daher wir sehen / daß im Sommer mehr Wetter entstehen / weder im Winter; Wie auch im übrigen / ob schon der Erden ins gemein / das Wort und der Befehl Gottes herfür zu bringen Kraut und Graß &c. gegeben und eingesprochen worden / so thut jedoch an sehr sandigt- und magern Orten (ob impotentiam nimirum passivam germinandi) wenig / oder gar nichts wachsen. Welches mich also verursacht / alhier gleichfalls etwas zu wiederholen.

96–97

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

96–97

For the Lord our God deals with nature according to its quality and properties and acts within it. Thus we see more storms arise in summer than in winter. Likewise, although God’s word and command to bring forth herbs and grass were given and spoken to the earth generally, little or nothing grows in very sandy and barren places, because they lack the passive capacity for germination. This prompts me to repeat something here as well.

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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.