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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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So ist doch fürs erste vermög vorangeführter rationum und Sprüche gnugsam dargethan / was die Philosophi mit solchen und andern dergleichen Nahmen bedeuten wollen. Wie auch

Fürs zweyte oben im Ersten Theil gnugsam gemeldet worden / was eigentlich das Philosophische truckene die Händ nicht netzende Wasser seye.

Drittens stehet jenigem Spruch: Die Natur hats angefangen &c. (under andern und mehren) stracks dieser entgegen: So balden unsere Materia die Erde berühre / so ist sie zu unserer Kunst nichts mehr nutz. So dann / und

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

153–154

But, first, the reasons and sayings already given sufficiently show what the philosophers mean by these and other similar names.

Second, Part One has sufficiently explained what the philosophical dry water that does not wet the hands actually is.

Third, the saying “Nature has begun it” is directly opposed, among other statements, by this one: “As soon as our matter touches the earth, it is no longer of any use for our art.” Furthermore:

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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.