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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

158–159

Wie dann auch demnechst dieses zu observiren / daß keine Elementa, so von Gott dem Allmächtigen einen sonderbahren Seegen und Befehl / sondern solche / die denselben nicht empfangen / zu unserer Kunst erfordert werden: In Erwegung ob schon dieselbe an sich selbst vorangeregter massen ebenfalls universal; Ingleichem berührter Seegen und Befehl nur allein auff die animalia und vegetabilia sich erstreckt / so seynd jedoch solche Elementa auch quoad hunc ordinem, und was die mineralische Natur anbelangt / in ihrer Eigenschafft particular. Derohalben so wohl auch propter ipsarum spissitudinem, keine geistlich- und lebendige Metalla in ihnen zu finden.

158–159

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

158–159

We must further observe that our art requires elements which have not received a particular blessing and command from Almighty God, rather than those which have. Although the latter are likewise universal in themselves, as explained above, and although the blessing and command extend only to animals and plants, those elements are nevertheless particular in their property even within this order, as regards mineral nature. For this reason, and also because of their density, no spiritual and living metals are to be found in them.

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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.