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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem II

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Deßgleichen und drittens mag nicht widersprochen werden / daß das Feuer ebenfalls verborgener Weiß im Wasser sey. Und wie solchem nach / das Wasser eine Mutter und Ursprung aller andern Elementen / und alle Elementa nichts anders / als ein Wasser; also ist nicht weniger bekannt / und unlaugbar / was massen alle sichtige Ding durch die Chymische Kunst in die Elementa und ein Wasser zu resolviren / so schliesst sichs / daß sie auch gedachter massen alle darauß bestehen / gemacht / und entsprungen seyen. Unde etiam illud vulgare: Omnia in id resolvuntur ex quo orta sunt. Worauß hinwiederumb folgt

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem II

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Third, it cannot be denied that fire is likewise concealed in water. Thus water is the mother and origin of all the other elements, and all the elements are nothing other than water. It is equally well known and undeniable that all visible things can be resolved by the chymical art into the elements and into water. Hence it follows that all consist of, were made from, and arose from it in the manner described. This also gives us the familiar saying: “All things are resolved into that from which they arose.” From this there follows in turn

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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.