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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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German & Latin

103–104

Von dem Thau.

So thue ich dem seel. Arnd allerdings beystimmen / wann er denselben eine Frucht der Morgenröthe nennet: Gestalten er solches mit offt-allegirtem Königl. Propheten David erweiset / der in seinem 110. Psalm spricht: Deine Kinder werden dir gebohren / wie der Thau auß der Morgenröthe. Gantzohne aber wiederumb / und nochmahln / daß Gott der HErr nicht auch dißfalls die causa prima seyn solte. Welches gleichwol hingegen die Meynung / daß der Thau von der Sonnen und Mond / als dessen Vatter gezeuget werde / und was dergleichen mehr / gäntzlich umbstosset.

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

103–104

Dew.

I agree entirely with the late Arnd when he calls dew a fruit of the dawn. He proves this through the frequently cited royal prophet David, who says in Psalm 110: “Your children are born to you like dew from the dawn.” This in no way implies that the Lord God is not also the first cause here. Rather, it entirely overturns the opinion that dew is begotten by the sun and moon as by its father, and similar views.

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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.

About Diotimos Editions

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.