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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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Dieses wenige habe ich in supplementum etlicher massen dessen / was oben de secundâ operatione angeregt / alhier also obiter notiren wollen. Ad propositum aber wieder zu kommen / so schliesse ich auß bißhero angeführten / auch andern mehr Ursachen nochmahln / daß weder auß dem Meer- oder andern Wassern auff- und in dem Erdboden / noch einigem andern Dinge / das die Erde jemahls touchirt hat / eine universal-Medicin, und vorträgliche Tinctur zu Verbesserung der Metallen / præparirt werden möge.

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

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I wished to note these few things in passing, as a partial supplement to what was said above about the second operation. To return to the subject, I conclude once again, from the reasons so far given and several others, that neither seawater nor other waters upon and within the earth, nor anything else that has ever touched the earth, can provide a universal medicine or an effective tincture for improving metals.

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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.