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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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Ein solches auch ferner zu bewähren / und zumahl in meinem Vorhaben der Beschreibung der Geheimnuß des Regenwassers (ingleichem auch durch dieselbe des Subjecti artis Hermeticæ) fortzufahren / ists nunmehr an deme / daß wie ich oben à priori des Regenwassers in sich habende Kräffte der gantzen Natur / so wohl auch à posteriori die in sich habende animal- und vegetabilische Natur erwiesen; Also anjetzo meinem Versprechen nach / daß es die mineralische Natur ebenmässig in sich habe / gleicher gestalt darthue.

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

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To establish this further, and to continue my intended description of the mystery of rainwater—and through it of the subject of the Hermetic art—I must now fulfil my promise. Above I demonstrated from first principles that rainwater contains the powers of all nature, and from effects that it contains animal and vegetable nature. In the same way I shall now show that it also contains mineral nature.

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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.