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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem II

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Daß auß dem Wasser alle Ding erschaffen.

Gestalten ein solches bereits im vorhergehendem Capitel / so fern angezeigt / in deme vermeldet worden / was massen Gott der HErr erstlich das Gewässer / und darauß die Erden erschaffen habe / so wohln auch die andere Elementa auß dem Wasser herkommen / und geschaffen seyen. Welches dann / und so viel vors Erste die Meynung / daß nemblichen GOtt anfänglich das Gewässer und folgends darauß die Erde geschaffen / anbelangt / nicht allein obangeführter massen der Grund-Text mit sich bringt (ohngeachtet die particulæ ha und hay, vor denen Worten Schamaym und Ærez stehen / als die diß Orts nichts anders inferiren können / weder daß es in unserer Teutschen Muttersprach heissen mag: Im Anfang schuf Gott das Gewässer / die Erd / &c.) sondern auch / wie gleichfalls oberwehnt / mit der experienz, und also à posteriori zu beweisen:

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem II

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That all things were created from water.

This has already been indicated to that extent in the preceding chapter, where it was said that God the Lord first created the waters, and from them the earth, and that the other elements likewise arose and were created from water. First, the view that God initially created the waters and then the earth from them is conveyed by the original text in the manner already explained. The particles ha and hay before Schamaym and Ærez do not prevent this, since here they can imply no more than the following in our German mother tongue: “In the beginning God created the waters, the earth,” and so forth. Moreover, as already mentioned, it can be proved by experience, and thus a posteriori:

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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.

About Diotimos Editions

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.