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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem II

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Sintemahln / wann man ein Wasser recht putreficiren läst / dasselbe allezeit eine Erde niedersetzt. Worauß ohnfehlbahr zu schliessen / daß auch anfänglich die Erde auß dem Wasser geschaffen worden / und entsprungen seye. In Betrachtung der Allerhöchste und allein weise GOtt / einer jeden Creatur / wie er sie von Anfang geschaffen; Also auch dardurch zugleich derselben ein Gesetz und Ordnung eingepflantzet hat / welche sie annoch unauffhör- und unverbrüchlich hältet. Unde rectè dicitur: Natura servat sua jura.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem II

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For when water is allowed to putrefy properly, it always deposits an earth. From this we must infallibly conclude that earth was also created from water in the beginning and arose from it. For the Most High and only-wise God, in creating each creature at the beginning, implanted in it at the same time a law and order which it still maintains without interruption or violation. Hence it is rightly said: “Nature preserves her own laws.”

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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.