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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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Worbey ich mich nicht minder letzlichen des Thaus erinnere / da ich nicht sehe / wie demselben / umb bißhero angeführter Ursache willen / der Nahme universal zu denegiren / auch ein oder andern theils das was Noldius (referent. Sperling.) davon rühmet / zu widersprechen. Zu geschweigen / daß er dem Subjecto artis Hermeticæ mehrers / weder das Regenwasser zu vergleichen. Sintemahln aber meine Gewohnheit nicht ist / nur blosse Speculationes an Tag zu geben; Und ich dann von diesem Subjecto nemlichen dem Thau &c. keine Experienz, wie von dem Regenwasser / und sonderlich (GOTT sey gedanckt) dem Subjecto artis Hermeticæ habe: Als will ichs andern anheim gestellet seyn lassen.

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

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Finally, I also call dew to mind. For the reasons given so far, I do not see how it can be denied the name universal, or why one should dispute, in this or that respect, what Noldius, as reported by Sperling, praises in it. Not to mention that dew bears a closer likeness to the subject of the Hermetic art than rainwater does. Yet it is not my custom to publish mere speculations. I have no experience of this subject, namely dew, comparable to my experience of rainwater and especially—God be thanked—of the subject of the Hermetic art. I shall therefore leave the matter to others.

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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.