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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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Gantz ohne jedoch nochmahln / daß auß solchen und dergleichen Wassern (als welches keine Elementa, sondern Elementata seynd) eine Universal-Medicin zu præpariren: Inmassen oben im Ersten Theil etwas mehrers darvon angezeigt worden / dahin ich mich dißfalls / so wohln auch was die mineralia, und deren so genannte reductionem in primam materiam anreichet / kürtze halben referire.

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

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It is, however, entirely untrue that a universal medicine can be prepared from such waters or waters of that kind. They are not elements but things constituted from elements. More was said about this in Part One; for brevity I refer back to it, both on this point and on minerals and their so-called reduction to first matter.

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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.