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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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welche Feistigkeit (die sonsten Bergmännisch ein Metallferch möchte zu nennen seyn) wann sie in fernerem auffsteigen andere von dem vorhergehenden Vapore gereinigte Ort / und daselbst eine reine subtile feuchte Erde antreffe / erfülle sie deren poros, verbinde sich gleichfalls mit derselben / und werde Gold darauß. Wofern aber mehrangeregte Feistigkeit an andere unreine und kalte Ort gelange / so werde Bley darauß: sey dann die Erde rein und mit Schwefel vermengt / so werde Kupffer darauß &c.

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

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If this unctuosity—which miners might otherwise call Metallferch—rises farther and meets places purified by the preceding vapour, and there encounters a pure, subtle, moist earth, it fills that earth’s pores and unites with it, producing gold. But if the unctuosity reaches other, impure and cold places, lead results. If the earth is pure and mixed with sulphur, copper results, and so forth.

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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.