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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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110–111

Der Author fundamentorum verorum Chymicorum, beschreibt den Ursprung der Metallen also / daß nemblichen dieselbe von dem Mercurialischen Dampff in der Erden herrühre / welcher durch Krafft des Feuers in den Bergen / zu einem dicklechten Wasser gekocht: worauff er alsdann nach Beschaffenheit des in sich gezogenen reinen oder unreinen Schwefels zu diesem / oder jenem Metall absonderlich geordnet werde &c.

110–111

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

110–111

The author of the True Chemical Foundations describes the origin of metals as deriving from mercurial vapour in the earth. The force of fire within the mountains cooks it into a rather thick water, after which it is particularly determined into one metal or another according to the character of the pure or impure sulphur it has absorbed.

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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.

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.