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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 5: Generation of Precious Stones

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Die generation der Edelgestein aber anbetreffend / dieweiln deren Beschreibung so wohl / als jenige der Metallen periculos, achte ich dißfalls und zu vorerwehntem Ende / nemblich zu fernerer Beschreibung der operation unsers Subjecti, gnugsam gesagt seye / in deme ich hiermit anzeige / daß gleich wie die Erhärtung der Metallen nach allgemächlich- beschehener coagulation durch continuirliche Würckung / der / in den Mineris verborgenen Wärme; Also die congelation der Edelgestein auß der Mercurialischen Feuchtigkeit / nach derselben vorherigen condensation und sublimation (die in dem ungefärbten viel leichter / als in dem gefärbten geschicht / massen keine Fettigkeit / oder Schwefel ohne Gewalt auffsteigt) durch die Kälte erfolge. Welches ich nicht allein abermahl mit meiner eigenen Erfahrung / sondern auch nachfolgenden Exempeln bewähren kan:

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

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Concerning the generation of precious stones, describing it is as hazardous as describing that of metals. For the stated purpose of further explaining the operation of our subject, I consider the following sufficient. Just as metals harden after gradual coagulation through the continuous action of warmth hidden in the ores, so precious stones congeal from mercurial moisture through cold, following its prior condensation and sublimation. Sublimation occurs much more easily in uncoloured than coloured matter, since no fatness or sulphur rises without force. I can support this not only, once again, by my own experience, but also by the following examples.

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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.

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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.