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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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ist jedoch (fürs Erste) vermög vorangezogener Sprüche und fundamenten / auch der bißhero gantz gründlich deducirten Ordnung der Natur / (zumahl und in Erwegung / wie oben zu End des Ersten Theils angeregt / die Hebræer an statt des / in ihrer Grammatic ermanglenden Superlativi, sich des Nahmens Gottes gebrauchen) vielmehr zu glauben / daß der Teuffel in Gestalt eines gewaltigen sehr grossen Feuers herab gefallen / und die Schaaffe und Knaben Jobs verzehrt / deßgleichen / daß er mit sambt seinem höllischen Heer in Gestalt eines hefftigen Windes auff die vier Ecken des Hauses gestossen / und dasselbe umb- und auff die Kinder Jobs geworffen &c. weder daß es ein rechter Wind und Feuer / davon vorerwehnter massen der Psalmist sagt: Du machest deine Engel zu Winden / und deine Diener zu Feuerflammen / gewesen sey.

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

101–102

Nevertheless, first, according to the passages and foundations cited, and the order of nature established thus far, another explanation is more credible. As noted at the end of the first part, the Hebrews use God’s name in place of the superlative absent from their grammar. Thus the Devil descended in the form of an exceedingly great fire and consumed Job’s sheep and servants; likewise, he and his infernal host, in the form of a violent wind, struck the house’s four corners and overturned it upon Job’s children. This is more credible than that it was true wind and fire of the kind described by the Psalmist: “You make your angels winds, and your servants flames of fire.”

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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.

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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.