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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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Wir haben oben an underschiedlichen Orten / die universal- und particular-Naturen / und angeregte causas & principia rerum gnugsam betrachtet / so wohln auch und insonderheit des Regenwassers in sich habende universal-Krafft / tam à priori, quam à posteriori, demonstrirt und erwiesen.

Wann wir nun eines und das andere wiederumb physicè, wie oben im ersten Theil geschehen / auff seinen Anfang zurück führen / und dißmahl mit gäntzlicher Hindansetzung der / zu unserm Vorhaben nicht dienlichen animalien / von den vegetabilien anfahen / und (zum Exempel) die schöne Negelblumen vor uns nehmen / so kommen wir von der Blumen auff den Stock / und von dem Stocke auff den Saamen.

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

136–137

At various places above we have sufficiently considered universal and particular natures, together with the causes and principles of things. In particular we have demonstrated and proved rainwater’s universal power, both from principles and from effects.

If we now trace particular things physically back to their beginning, as was done in Part One, and on this occasion leave animals entirely aside as irrelevant to our purpose, we may begin with plants. Taking the beautiful carnation as our example, we pass from the flower to the plant and from the plant to the seed.

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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.

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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.