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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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Wie ingleichem oben / welcher gestalt in dem Wasser / und zwar in specie in dem Regenwasser Gold sey (dann das Philosophische Oel und Gold notoriè eins ist) experientiâ ipsâ: so wohln auch und nemblich in dem ersten Capitel dieses Andern Theils / von der Natur / dargethan / und erwiesen worden / daß das Wasser lebendig sey und ein Leben habe. Worauß folgt / daß solch Gold ebenmässig lebendig seyn / und ein Leben haben müsse; Gestalten auch sonsten (wann es nicht lebendig- spiritualisch- und Philosophisch Gold oder die Goldwesenheit gewesen) andere geringere Metall nicht damit in Gold tingirt werden können / und es nochmahln darbey bleibt: Daß kein schwaches einem andern zu helffen vermag.

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

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Experience itself has likewise shown above that gold is present in water, specifically rainwater; for philosophical oil and gold are notoriously one and the same. In Chapter One of this second part, concerning nature, it was also demonstrated and proved that water is alive and possesses life. It follows that such gold must likewise be alive and possess life. Otherwise, had it not been living, spiritual and philosophical gold, or the essence of gold, it could not have tinctured other, lesser metals into gold. The rule therefore still stands: nothing weak is able to help another.

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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.