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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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Den dritten Einwurff anreichend / ist erstlich zu wissen / daß die Erde und das Wasser / wie oben im ersten Capitel auch etlicher massen angeregt / die animal- und vegetabilische Natur potentiâ tantum habe (welches eben das tohu va bohu, davon die Gelehrten annoch so viel zu disputiren pflegen / oder welches dieselbe offtmahls so ungleich außlegen).

129–130

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

129–130

Concerning the third objection, we must first know that earth and water possess animal and vegetable nature only potentially, as was also suggested to some extent in Chapter One above. This is precisely the tohu va bohu about which scholars still dispute so much and which they often interpret so differently.

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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.