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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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Gestalten dann was oben gesagt worden / daß das Gold / so durch die Kunst auß dem Wasser gebracht werde / lebendig sey / und ein Leben habe / von denen Wassern / die / wie erwehnt / keinen sonderbaren Seegen und Befehl von Gott dem Allmächtigen empfangen / und nicht von jenen zu verstehen ist; Als darauß zumahl / in Betrachtung / sie sich auff- und in dem Erdboden befinden / keine Erde / so über unsern Häuptern geschwebt / kommen kan.

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

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The earlier statement that gold obtained from water by art is alive and possesses life must therefore be understood of waters that have received no particular blessing and command from Almighty God, rather than of those other waters. Above all, since the latter are found upon and within the earth, no earth that has hovered above our heads can come from 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.