Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 3: Comets and Other Meteors

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Allermaßen / und was fürs andere dessen Bewegung anbetrifft / man die Ursachen derselben gleichfalls wohl wissen kan / dafern man consideriret, was der Psalmist sagt: Du machest deine Engel zu Winden / und deine Diener zu Feuerflammen. Deßgleichen welcher gestalt der Evangelist Joannes in seiner Offenbahrung am 7. Capitel meldet / daß vier Engel / an den vier Enden der Erden gestanden / und die vier Winde gehalten / damit kein Wind auff Erden wehen können.

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

Second, concerning its motion, its causes may also be known if we consider the Psalmist’s words: “You make your angels winds, and your servants flames of fire.” Likewise, in Chapter 7 of Revelation the evangelist John reports that four angels stood at the earth’s four corners and held the four winds, so that no wind could blow upon the earth.

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.