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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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German & Latin

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Solches alles / sage ich / irret ebenfalls gar nicht / in Erwegung / so viel den ersten Einwurff anbelangt / Sendivogius außtrücklich sagt: Sciant pro certo Hermetis Filii, quod qui viâ Philosophicâ hoc sine fraude & fuco præstare possit, ut vel minimum metallum sive cum lucro, sive sine lucro, realiter colore Solis, vel Lunæ (in omnibus examinibus requisitis permanente) tingat, illum habere fores Naturæ apertas, ad ulteriora & altiora arcana investiganda, & cum Dei benedictione acquirenda.

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

127–128

None of this, I say, is any obstacle. As to the first objection, Sendivogius expressly says: “Let the sons of Hermes know for certain that whoever can accomplish this by the philosophical way, without fraud or deception—truly tincturing even the smallest quantity of metal with the colour of the Sun or Moon, whether profitably or unprofitably, with that colour enduring all the required tests—has the doors of nature open to him, so that he may investigate further and higher secrets and, with God’s blessing, attain them.”

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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.