Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 6: Rainwater as a Subject

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Gestalten mehrbedeute Philosophi durch fleiß- und embsig Nachsinnen / einen und den andern Weg erfunden / wordurch sie die Goldwesenheit auff höchste Zeitigung gebracht / oder (secundum ipsum Bernhardum) die Elementa (oder das Wasser) anatisiret. Mit welchem ihrem so genannten Lapide, sie nachmahls alle imperfecte Metalla, in pur Gold tingirt / und uff sothane Weiß in einer Stund verrichtet haben / was sonsten die Natur in viel hundert Jahren in der Erden nicht effectuiren können.

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

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Through diligent and sustained reflection, these philosophers discovered various ways by which they brought the essence of gold to the highest maturity or, according to Bernard himself, subjected the elements—or water—to equal balancing. With their so-called stone they afterwards tinctured all imperfect metals into pure gold, accomplishing in one hour what nature otherwise could not effect in the earth in many hundreds of years.

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.