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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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darinn er under andern außtrücklich bekennt / daß wann sein Aurum Auræ an die Sonne gesetzt / selbiges bleich werde / und die Farb verliere. Worauß also sattsam zu erkennen / daß es kein Aurum Philosophicum Hermeticum seye: Derowegen Er auch den Nahmen Hermes unrecht führet / und zu Erlangung des Lapidis Philosophorum sich vergebliche Hoffnung macht.

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

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In that writing, among other things, he expressly admits that when his Gold of the Breeze is placed in the sun it becomes pale and loses its colour. This sufficiently shows that it is no Hermetic philosophical gold. He therefore also bears the name Hermes wrongly and vainly hopes to attain the philosophers’ stone.

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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.

About Diotimos Editions

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.