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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

160–161

Da alsdann diese seine eigene Erde / und die Hände nicht netzendes Wasser / wann es wieder mit sothanem Spiritu, sampt dessen Seel / als dem lebendigen Gold imbibirt, und fermentirt / auch so dann wachsflüssig gemacht / oder nach Redart des Eröffneten Philosophischen Vatter-Hertzen / mit dem wässerigen Feuer und feurigem Wasser gewaschen und gebadet / auch nach deme die Materi gummosisch worden / mit dem Philosophischen Feuer außgekocht wird / sich in Krafft und Tugend dergestalt vermehret / daß es nicht nur alle unvollkommene Metalla in pur Gold tingiren / sondern auch alle Ungesundheit des menschlichen Leibs hinweg nehmen kan: Und wer durch Gottes Gnade so weit kommen / der weiß gewiß / daß das Wasser schwerer / weder die Erde ist.

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

160–161

Then its own earth, the water that does not wet the hands, is again imbibed and fermented with that spirit and its soul, the living gold. It is next made to flow like wax or, in the language of the Opened Philosophical Father’s Heart, washed and bathed with watery fire and fiery water. After the matter becomes gummy, it is cooked to completion with philosophical fire. Its power and virtue thereby increase so greatly that it can not only tincture all imperfect metals into pure gold but also remove every bodily ailment. Whoever has come so far through God’s grace knows for certain that water is heavier than earth.

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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.