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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 7: Other Waters and Philosophical Earth

German & Latin

162–163

Worbey ich dann zu vermelden nicht umbgehen kan / was massen ... B. seinen Spiritum Mundi, Aurum Auræ und Balsamum Mundi, gantz unrecht für eine Hermetische Medicin venditiret. In Erwegung / es gehe gleich eine oder die andere auß dem Thau / oder dem / von Dr. Nietardten beschriebenen / und gleichfalls also genannten Spiritu Mundi; So ists dannoch keine Hermetische Medicin, wie besagter sein Spiritus Mundi, Aurum Auræ, und Balsamus Mundi (als welcher zumahl vielmehr ein Excrementum, weder eine Hermetische Medicin ist) so wohl auch sein Aurum Auræ intitulirtes Scriptum selbst bezeugen;

162–163

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

162–163

I cannot avoid mentioning here that ... B. quite wrongly advertises his World-Spirit, Gold of the Breeze and Balsam of the World as a Hermetic medicine. Whether one or another of them comes from dew or from the substance described by Dr Nietardt and likewise called World-Spirit, it is still no Hermetic medicine. His World-Spirit, Gold of the Breeze and Balsam of the World—the last much more a residue than a Hermetic medicine—testify to this themselves, as does his writing entitled Gold of the Breeze.

162–163

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.