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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

111–112

An meinem wenigen Ort / statuir ich vors Erste mit allen Philosophis, daß die Metalla alle einen Ursprung haben / und auß einer Materia entspringen: Massen dieselbe oben bereits angezeigt / auch unden ferner und deutlicher benennet werden wird. Wie und auff was Weise aber deren generation in dem Bergwerck geschehe / das hat / sage ich nochmahln / biß dato keiner gründlich erforschen mögen. Und sonderlich was die erste Meynung / und die Veränderung der Metallen anbelangt / kan ich derselben am wenigsten beypflichten;

111–112

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

111–112

For my own modest part, I maintain first, with all philosophers, that all metals have one origin and spring from one matter. That matter has already been indicated above and will be named more clearly below. But, I repeat, nobody has yet thoroughly investigated how and in what manner their generation takes place in mines. In particular, I am least able to agree with the first opinion concerning the successive transformation of metals.

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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.