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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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113–114

Gestaltsam und weil fürs andere die conjecturæ in verborgenen Sachen statt finden / so thue ich diesem allem / und meiner bißherigen practic nach / vorbemeltem Authori verorum fundamentorum Chymicorum (jedoch eines andern mehr erfahrnen Judicio hierdurch nichts benommen) beystimmen; und zwar dergestalt / daß / nemblich nach deme der Spiritus universalis in der Erde reine / oder unreine / warme / oder kalte Ort / Gäng / oder Schachten / auch ferners nach erfolgter inspissation eine materiam prædispositam und matricem antrifft &c. solchem nach auch so dann ein oder das ander Ertz / als Gold / Silber / Kupffer / oder anders &c. darauß werde.

113–114

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

113–114

Second, since conjectures have their place in hidden matters, I agree, in accordance with all this and my practice thus far, with the previously mentioned author of the True Chemical Foundations, without prejudicing the judgment of someone more experienced. As the universal spirit encounters pure or impure, warm or cold places, veins or shafts in the earth, and then, after thickening, a predisposed matter and womb, so one metal or another—gold, silver, copper or something else—results.

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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.