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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 7: Other Waters and Philosophical Earth

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German & Latin

156–157

R. Auff sothane Frag antworte ich kürtzlich: Ob schon oben / was massen die Wasser an sich selbst nicht verändert / statuirt; so ist jedoch danebenst angezeigt / wie je eines durchsichtiger / dünner / und zarter / auch von mehrer Krafft / und Würckung / weder das andere gemacht: Gestalten auch je eines an ein ander Ort / weder das andere verordnet worden. Derohalben ein anders ist das Wasser ober dem Himmel / ein anders das Regenwasser / ein anders das Meer- und andere darauß herkommende / und wiederumb dahin fliessende Wasser auff- und in dem Erdboden: Wie dann in einem die animalische: in dem andern die vegetabilische: und wiederumb in einem andern die mineralische Natur &c. prædominiret.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 7: Other Waters and Philosophical Earth

156–157

Answer. I reply briefly. Although it was established above that the waters were not changed in themselves, it was also shown that one was made more transparent, thinner and subtler, and endowed with greater power and effect, than another. They were also assigned different places. Hence the water above heaven is one thing, rainwater another, and seawater and the other waters upon and within the earth, which come from the sea and flow back into it, another. In one, animal nature predominates; in another, vegetable nature; in another again, mineral nature.

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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.