DiotimosReading Desk

Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · Bilingual Edition

Anonymous

Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

Explore the Lexicon
Candida Phoenix PhilosophicaPart I — Theorem I

Swipe or use the arrow keys.

English Page · Branch 15 of 411

Part I — Theorem I

Book Mode

German & Latin

4–5

Daß Gott der HErr das Wasser am ersten erschaffen.

Ob schon die Gelehrten ins gemein hierinn uneinig seynd; So ist dennoch bey denen Hermeticis deßwegen kein Streit: Massen und ohnerachtet / das in dem Hebræischen Grund-Text alhier stehende Wort: Schamaym etwan Himmel verteutscht worden / ich jedoch auch theils Theologos der Meynung gefunden / daß Gott der Allmächtige am allerersten das Gewässer geschaffen / und das Wort Schamaym an diesem Ort Gewässer bedeute. Gestalten solches der Contextus vorangezogenen ersten Capitels des ersten Buchs Moysis / uns gantz deutlich und klar zu erkennen gibt / wie nemblichen Gott der HErr erstlichen das Gewässer / und darauß die Erde: So dann und zwar erst andern Tags die Feste geschaffen / und hiermit die Abtheilung der Wasser verschafft / auch einen Unterschied unter denselben gemacht / und einen Theil ober die Feste / und wiederumb einen Theil unter jetzt und mehr-ermelte Feste verordnet habe.

4–5

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem I

4–5

That God the Lord created water first.

Although learned men in general disagree about this, there is no dispute among the Hermetic philosophers. For although the word Schamaym, occurring here in the Hebrew original, has been translated “heaven,” I have also found some theologians who hold that almighty God first of all created the waters, and that Schamaym means “waters” in this passage. The context of the first chapter of Genesis makes this quite clear to us: God the Lord first created the waters, and from them the earth; then, only on the second day, he created the firmament, thereby bringing about a division of the waters and distinguishing them, appointing one part above the firmament and another below it.

4–5

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.