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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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Im übrigen habe ich bey gegenwärtigem Capitel auch dieses anmercken wollen / daß weil das Wasser anatisirt werden kan / darauß abzunehmen / daß es auch ersten anfangs ein / wie mehr erwehnt / gleichförmiges (ob schon rohes) Wasser / und kein confusum chaos, kein Mischmasch &c. gewesen. In Ansehung / wir die Natur durch die Kunst zwar verbessern / aber nicht verändern können; Wie auch ein jedes Ende so wohl von seinem Anfang / als ein jeder Anfang von seinem Ende zeugen thut.

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

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I also wished to observe in this chapter that, since water can undergo equal balancing, we may infer that at the very beginning it too was, as often stated, a uniform water, although raw, rather than a confused chaos or a jumble. For through art we can improve nature but cannot change it. Every end testifies to its beginning, just as every beginning testifies to its end.

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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.