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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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Inmassen und daß sie / wie ebenfalls obgedacht / gleich ersten Anfangs / ohne einigen eigenen Saamen darauß entspringen / nicht allein obberührter Dr. Dienheim / mit diesen Worten confirmiret / wann er schreibet: Metalla ex Elementis primâ instantiâ absque ullo semine, seu materiâ proximâ generantur. Sondern auch vorerwehntes letztere Exempel von dem Silber-Bergwerck und dessen zweyten Saigerung / nicht weniger das jenige / von dem Schmaragd / so wohln ein anders von einem auß eben dem Wasser / darauß der Schmaragd gemacht worden / herkommenen grano Solis, davon unden in folgendem Capitel ebenmässig Erzehlung geschehen wird / beweiset.

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

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That metals arise from the elements at the very first, without any seed of their own, as already stated, is confirmed not only by the aforementioned Dr Dienheim, who writes: “Metals are generated from the elements in the first instance without any seed or proximate matter.” It is also proved by the last example of the silver mine and its second liquation; by the example of the emerald; and by another example concerning a grain of gold obtained from the same water from which the emerald was made. This too will be related below, in the next chapter.

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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.