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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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Idem: tam multi tamque docti viri, vulgari illo Mercurio sunt decepti. Quamvis enim aqua mineralis sit, non tamen similis cum auro Naturæ, seu essentiæ &c.

Deßgleichen sagt das Sudum Philosophicum: Wann man auch den gemeinen Mercurium für sich allein / oder mit Gold oder Silber zehen gantzer Jahr auff gemeine Weiß in der Wärme hielte / solte er in der Warheit seine Flüchtigkeit nicht ablegen; Und solches allein daher / daß er kein proprium agens in ihm offenbar hat / dardurch er von innen herauß möchte alterirt werden.

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

146–147

The same author says: “So many men, and men so learned, have been deceived by ordinary mercury. For although it is a mineral water, it is not of a nature or essence like gold.”

Likewise the Sudum Philosophicum says: “Even if ordinary mercury were kept warm in the usual manner for ten whole years, either alone or with gold or silver, it would not in truth lose its volatility. The sole reason is that it has no proper agent manifest within it by which it could be altered from inside.”

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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.