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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

105–106

Gestaltsam hiehero gleichfalls gehöret / was vielfleissigbemelter Arnd abermahln schreibet (dessen Anfang oben erwehnt worden) nemblichen: Das Wort / so Gott in der Schöpffung geredet / ist nicht verschwunden / sondern das Leben aller Creaturen worden.

Daran abermahl nichts irret / daß mehrangeregter Ab- und Zufluß meines wissens / an den meisten Orten der Veränderung des Monds nach / geschibet. Angesehen secund. ipsum B. Arnd / inter causam & concordantiam zu distinguiren ist. Welche concordanz zumahl / auß ebenmäßiger Ursache / und dem Befehl Gottes: Es werden Liechter an der Feste des Himmels &c. zu geben Zeichen / Zeiten &c. herfliesset.

Worvon auff dißmahl gleichfalls genug.

105–106

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

105–106

The following words of Arnd, whom I have so often cited, also belong here; their opening was quoted above: “The Word that God spoke in creation has not vanished, but has become the life of all creatures.”

Nor is this disturbed by the fact that, so far as I know, the ebb and flow follow the moon’s changes in most places. According to Arnd himself, cause must be distinguished from concordance. That concordance likewise flows from God’s command: “Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to give signs and seasons,” and so forth.

Enough of this also for the present.

105–106

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.