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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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German & Latin

137–138

Weil aber einem Philosopho mehr / weder einem Gärtner dißfalls zu wissen gebührt / als fahren wir weiter fort / und gehen von dem Saamen auff die Erde / und von der Erden / auff das Wasser.

Woran es jedoch ebenmässig nicht genug: Derowegen und dafern wir zugleich physicè und auch theosophicè, und demnach nicht nur / wie bereits angeregt / die Blumen auff den Stock / und den Stock auff den Saamen / sondern auch den Saamen auff das Wort: (Es lasse die Erde auffgehen &c.) So dann und wiederumb nicht nur den Saamen auff die Erde / und die Erde auff das Wasser / sondern auch das Wasser (so wohln das Wort: Es lasse die Erde auffgehen &c.) auff das Universal- und Substantial-Wort Gottes:

137–138

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

137–138

Yet a philosopher ought to know more about this than a gardener. We therefore proceed further, from the seed to the earth and from the earth to water.

Even this is not enough. Suppose, therefore, that we proceed both physically and theosophically: we trace not only the flower to the plant and the plant to the seed, as already mentioned, but the seed to the word, “Let the earth bring forth.” Again, we trace not only the seed to earth and earth to water, but both water and the word, “Let the earth bring forth,” to God’s universal and substantial Word.

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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.