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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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139–140

Was demnechst das Scrutinium interiorum und die practicam anbelangt / sintemahln ich mich biß dahero der Negelblumen zum Exempel bedienet; So will ich davon noch nicht außschreiten.

Nach deme aber auch so gar fast einem jeden Mägdlein bekannt ist / daß solche auß ihrem eigenen Saamen herkommt / als bleibt mir dißfalls nichts mehr übrig / zu berichten / weder dieses / daß nemlichen / wann solch Samkörnlein auffgeschlossen / darinn nichts anders / dann ein wenig Wasser und Erde / gefunden wird. Welches gleichwohl gnugsam bezeuget / daß dasselbe auß sothanen Elementen anfänglich geschaffen worden / und entsprungen seye.

139–140

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

139–140

As for investigation of interiors and practical work, I have so far used the carnation as my example, and shall not yet depart from it.

Since almost every young girl knows that the carnation grows from its own seed, there is nothing further for me to report here except this: when such a little seed is opened, nothing is found in it but a little water and earth. This sufficiently testifies that the seed was originally created from those elements and arose from them.

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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.