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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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Derohalben / und ob schon wir Menschen / auß den Elementen / und weder auß dem Wasser noch der Erden / dergleichen nicht schaffen / noch durch die Kunst zu wegen bringen / angesehen wir die Natur / und des Allerhöchsten heilige Ordnung keines wegs ändern / noch denen Elementen ein solch agens und operari, wie GOtt der Allmächtige / geben und einsprechen / so wenig / als wir dieselbe auß nichts erschaffen können.

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

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Consequently, we human beings cannot create such creatures from the elements, from either water or earth, or bring them into being by art. We can neither alter nature and the Most High’s holy order nor impart and speak into the elements such an agency and activity as Almighty God does, any more than we can create the elements from nothing.

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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.