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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Candida Phoenix PhilosophicaPart II — Chapter 5: Generation of Precious Stones

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Part II — Chapter 5: Generation of Precious Stones

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Das Fünffte Capitel. Wie die Edelgestein in der Erden und den Bergwercken generirt werden.

Alldieweil die Edelgesteine gleichfalls herrliche Wunderwercke und Edele Geschöpffe Gottes des Allerhöchsten seynd; Wie auch deren nicht weniger / als der Metallen / in H. Schrifft gedacht wird / und GOtt der HErr dem Moysi / dieselbe zu der herrlichen Priesterlichen Zierd / benanntlich dem Ambt-Schildlein / darinn das URIM und THUMIM gewesen / und zwar zwölff underschiedliche / da in jeden ein Nahme der Kinder Israel nach ihren Stämmen gegraben / zu nehmen: Deßgleichen zween Onicher-Stein / in Gold fassen / und in jeden sechs Nahmen der Kinder Israel graben / und solche dem Hohen Priester auff die Schulter des Leib-Rocks hefften zu lassen / befohlen hat:

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 5: Generation of Precious Stones

114–115

Chapter Five. How precious stones are generated in the earth and mines.

Precious stones too are splendid wondrous works and noble creatures of God Most High. Like metals, they are mentioned in Holy Scripture. The Lord God commanded Moses to take twelve different stones for the splendid priestly ornament, namely the breastplate containing Urim and Thummim, and to engrave on each the name of an Israelite tribe. He likewise commanded two onyx stones to be set in gold, six names of the children of Israel engraved on each, and the stones attached to the shoulders of the high priest’s ephod.

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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.