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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 4: Generation of Metals

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German & Latin

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So viel aber unsere Philosophos anbelangt / ob sie schon durch observation der operation unsers Subjecti der Sache etwas näher getretten seyn mögen / stimmen sie jedoch auch nicht aller dings mit einander überein / sondern und wie ich gleichfalls erachte / nach dem einer eines Proceß in Verfertigung seines Wercks sich bedienet / solchem nach hat er auch davon sentirt und geschrieben. Inmassen nicht nur einer / sondern underschiedliche Wege seynd / das Philosophische Magisterium zu verfertigen.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 4: Generation of Metals

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As for our own philosophers, although observing the operation of our subject may have brought them somewhat closer to the matter, they do not agree entirely either. I judge that each has formed his opinion and written according to the process he used in accomplishing his work. There is not merely one way, but several ways, of preparing the philosophical magistery.

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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.