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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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So finden wir alsdann aller Dinge veram causam, das rechte principium per se influens esse in aliud &c. (Gestalten Christus der HERR obangezogener massen in der Offenbahrung Joann. cap. 3. selbst sagt / daß Er sey der Anfang der Creatur Gottes) welches die heydnische Philosophi zwar also benennt / aber selbst nicht erkennt / noch abermahl / was sie damit bedeuten wollen / gewußt haben mögen.

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

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We then discover the true cause of all things, the true principle that of itself communicates being to another. For, as quoted above, Christ the Lord himself says in chapter three of John’s Revelation that he is “the beginning of the creation of God.” The pagan philosophers gave the principle such a name, yet did not recognize it themselves, and may not even have known what they intended by that expression.

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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.