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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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Worauß also klärlich erscheint / daß sothane Wasser allein corporalische und todte zu unserer Kunst undienliche / und keine geistlich- und lebendige zu derselben gehörige metalla und mineralia haben; zu deme die Erde in der Tieffe / alwo diese Wasser entspringen / gantz mineralisch; hingegen der allgemeine / aller Eigenschafften fähige WeltGeist nicht feyert / sondern in solchen mineris sich so balden specificirt.

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

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From this it clearly appears that such waters contain only bodily and dead metals and minerals, useless for our art, rather than the spiritual and living ones belonging to it. Moreover, the earth in the depths where those waters arise is wholly mineral. The universal world-spirit, capable of every property, is not idle, but immediately specifies itself in such mineral deposits.

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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.