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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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Deßgleichen hat mir eine vornehme Stands-Person gantz glaubhafft erzehlt / daß mit einem auß dem Regenwasser præparirten Oel geringer Metall (als nemlich Silber) in pur Gold tingirt worden. Der in vorhergehendem Capitel erwehnten Chrystallen (welche ich dann mehr für die Goldwesenheit / als für Topasen gehalten) und daß mehrberührter M. M. auch einen Spiritum auß dem Regenwasser bereitet / der ihme das Blätleins-Gold in der Hand solvirt hat / zu geschweigen.

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

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Likewise a person of high rank gave me an entirely credible account that an oil prepared from rainwater had tinctured a lesser metal, namely silver, into pure gold. I pass over the crystals mentioned in the preceding chapter, which I took to be the essence of gold rather than topazes, and the fact that M. M. also prepared a spirit from rainwater that dissolved gold leaf in his hand.

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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.