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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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Allermassen mich ein solches nicht allein in obiger meiner Meynung von Gebahrung der Metallen / daß nach deme das Wasser einen Ort in der Erden antreffe / nach deme auch ein Mucilago oder Mercurius darauß werde / bestättigen / sondern auch mir Anlaß geben thut / mich nochmahln uff den Hortulanum zu beruffen / wann er spricht: Unser Stein wird darum der vollkommene geheissen / weil er in sich hat / die animal-vegetabil- und mineralische Natur. Dahero ich folgender gestalt argumentire:

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

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This not only confirms my foregoing opinion concerning the generation of metals—that according to the place water encounters in the earth, a corresponding mucilage or Mercury arises from it—but also gives me occasion to appeal once more to Hortulanus. He says: “Our stone is called perfect because it contains animal, vegetable and mineral nature.” I therefore argue as follows:

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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.