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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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130–131

Wordurch dann GOtt der HErr dem Wasser und der Erden den Seegen / und Befehl / und das τὸ operari, diese Creaturen herfür zu bringen / denenselben auch zugleich ein particular Leben / nicht weniger ein gewisses Gesetz und Ordnung der Natur gegeben und eingepflantzt / also und dergestalt / daß allsolche von der Erden und dem Wasser damahls durch Gottes Wort und Befehl alsobalden in ihrer Vollkommenheit erregt- und herfür gebrachte Creaturen / sich fürohin durch deren eigenen Saamen vermehren und fortpflantzen sollen.

130–131

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

130–131

Through these words God the Lord gave and implanted in water and earth the blessing, the command and the activity by which to bring forth these creatures. At the same time he gave the creatures a particular life, together with a definite law and order of nature, so that all the creatures then immediately stirred into being and brought forth in their perfection from earth and water by God’s word and command should thereafter multiply and propagate through their own seed.

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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.