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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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Da dann berührter Philosophischer Wege und Proceß einer / jetzt- und mehrberührten Lapidem, oder Tinctur zu præpariren / in folgenden alten Versen deutlich / ob schon gantz kurtz / begriffen:

Si fixum solves, faciesque volare solutum. Et volucrem figes, faciet te vivere tutum.

Deme auch dieser beyzusetzen:

Fac Mercurium per Mercurium, per aquam Mercurialem.

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

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One of these philosophical ways and procedures for preparing the stone or tincture is clearly, though very briefly, contained in the following ancient verses:

If you dissolve the fixed and make the dissolved fly, and fix the winged thing, it will let you live secure.

To this the following should be added:

Make Mercury through Mercury, through mercurial water.

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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.