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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 6: Rainwater as a Subject

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122–123

Deme keinen Abbruch thut / daß abermahl oben gesagt worden / was massen die Metalla auß den Elementen entspringen: So dann auch die Philosophi lehren / daß dieselbe ex Sale, Sulphure & Mercurio bestehen / angesehen / in vorerwehntem Andern Capitel gleichfalls demonstrirt worden / daß erstgemelte principia nichts anders als die Elementa, und wiederumb diese nichts anders / als ein Wasser seyen.

122–123

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 6: Rainwater as a Subject

122–123

This is not impaired by the earlier statement that metals arise from the elements, or by the philosophers’ teaching that they consist of salt, sulphur and Mercury. For Chapter Two above also demonstrated that these principles are nothing other than the elements, and that the elements in turn are nothing other than a single water.

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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.