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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

157–158

Gleich wie nun oben im Ersten Theil angezeigt worden / daß GOtt der Allmächtige in der Schöpffung / das gröber- und schwerere der Wasser unden gegen das Centrum verordnet / und darauß vornemlich die animalia und vegetabilia geschaffen; Inmassen Er ihnen zu dem Ende / und solche herfür zu bringen / einen sonderbaren Seegen und Befehl gegeben; Also will ich mich / so viel diese Frag anbetrifft / auff das in vorhergehendem Capitel von dem Schmaragd angezogene / auch folgendes Exempel beruffen haben / da obberührter Fürstl. Medicus mir ferner erzehlt / welcher gestalt Dr. Bier / eben auß demselben Wasser / neben gedachter Massa pellucida, ein schön granum Solis bekommen / und unden in fundo des Geschirrs gefunden: Welches dann / daß es corporalisch Gold gewesen / ein jeder ohnschwer erachten kan.

157–158

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

157–158

Part One showed that in the creation Almighty God assigned the coarser and heavier waters below, towards the centre, and created chiefly animals and plants from them, giving those waters a particular blessing and command to bring such things forth. On the present question I therefore appeal to the example of the emerald cited in the preceding chapter, and also to the following. The princely physician already mentioned further told me how Dr Bier had obtained a fine grain of gold from that same water, besides the transparent mass, and had found it at the bottom of the vessel. Anyone can readily judge that this was bodily gold.

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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.