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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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152–153

Worauß insonderheit auch erscheinet (neben deme diese Sprüche obangezogene / und beedes die bekannte Sendivogianische / als auch die / in dem zu L. gefundenen Scripto enthaltene Wort / gleichfalls sattsam erklären) daß diejenigen unrecht daran seynd / welche das gemeine / oder auch Römisch- oder Hungarische Vitriolum für das Subjectum artis Hermeticæ halten wollen: Sintemahln / und ob sie schon diese rationes und fundamenta etwa für sich zu haben vermeynen möchten / als:

1. Daß von denen Philosophis ihr Subjectum also genennet werde. 2. Daß das Vitriolum auch gleichsam ein truckenes Wasser sey. 3. Daß die Philosophi von ihrem Subjecto also sprechen: Die Natur hats angefangen / aber nicht außgemacht. Welches dann von dem Vitriol ebenmässig könne gesagt werden. 4. Daß das Vitriolum viel vortreffliche Kräffte und Tugenden habe &c.

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

152–153

These sayings sufficiently explain those quoted above, both the familiar words of Sendivogius and those in the manuscript found at L. They also show especially that those who take ordinary vitriol, or Roman or Hungarian vitriol, as the subject of the Hermetic art are mistaken. They may imagine that the following reasons and foundations support them:

1. The philosophers give their subject that name. 2. Vitriol is itself, as it were, a dry water. 3. The philosophers say of their subject: “Nature has begun it but has not completed it.” The same could be said of vitriol. 4. Vitriol has many excellent powers and virtues.

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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.