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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 3: Comets and Other Meteors

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Deromegen abermahl unrecht / ja aberglaubisch und Gottloß / daß man dem Teuffel und seinen Unholden und Hexen die Gewalt über die Witterung zuschreiben will; Wie auch weder in der Natur noch Gottes Wort bestehen kan / daß man vorgeben thut / ob hätte der Teuffel den / in obangedeuter unsers HERRN und Heylands Christi Schiffart sich erhobenen Sturmwind erreget / und verursachet: Inmassen es sonderlich der Histori Matth. 8. selbst zu wider ist / als welche simpliciter der erhobenen Ungestümme auff dem Meer / und daß unser HERR Christus den Wind und das Meer betrohet &c. gedencket.

100–101

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

100–101

It is therefore again wrong—indeed superstitious and godless—to ascribe power over the weather to the Devil and his sorcerers and witches. Nor can the claim that the Devil raised and caused the storm during the voyage of our Lord and Saviour Christ be sustained either in nature or in God’s Word. It especially contradicts the account in Matthew 8 itself, which simply speaks of the storm arising on the sea and of our Lord Christ rebuking the wind and sea.

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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.