Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem I

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5–6

Welche Feste der Allweise Gott / nach der allgemeinen version und Verteutschung / Himmel genennt / die wir auch noch also nennen. Worauß abermahl folgt / daß ohnangesehen mehrberührte Feste alhier (vers. nimirum 6.7.&c.) ebenfalls mit dem Wort Schamaym bedeutet ist / selbe gleichwohl an vorerwehntem Ort Gewässer heisse / und demnach nicht der Himmel / sondern das Gewässer am allerersten erschaffen worden. Inmassen auch diejenige / sich von dieser Meynung nicht außschliessen können / welche durch die in denen Teutschen Biblien an ob- und mehr angezogenem Ort (Gen.1. vers.1.) befindliche Wort: Himmel und Erden / die vier Elementa verstehen / auch selbige also glossiren und außlegen: Dieweil die Elementa an sich selbst nichts anders / als ein Wasser / auch die übrigen alle darauß herkommen und geschaffen seynd; wie mit der Erfahrung erwiesen werden kan / auch nachgehends mit mehrerm / so wohl unten im andern Theil davon gehandelt werden wird. Derowegen ferner folget:

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem I

5–6

According to the common version and German translation, the all-wise God called this firmament “heaven,” as we still call it. Hence it follows once again that, although the firmament is likewise designated here—in verses 6, 7, and following—by Schamaym, that word nevertheless means “waters” in the earlier passage. Consequently it was the waters, rather than heaven, that were created first. Nor can those who understand the four elements by the words “heaven and earth” in our German Bibles at Genesis 1:1, and interpret them accordingly, exclude themselves from this opinion. For the elements in themselves are nothing other than water, and all the others arise and are created from it. This can be demonstrated by experience and will be discussed more fully later, also in the Second Part. Thus there follows:

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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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.