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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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Hingegen aber ist solch Magisterium so wenig wieder in seine vorige Form und crudität zu bringen / so wenig / als auß Meel wieder Korn zu machen &c. Da also vorangezogenes axioma (nimirum de privatione ad habitum non fieri regressum) waar bleibt.

Will demnach dieses Capitel nunmehr / und zwar mit nachfolgender nicht allein meinem Instituto gemässer / sondern auch sonst nothwendig erachteter Frag beschliessen.

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

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The magistery, however, can no more be returned to its former form and rawness than flour can be made into grain again. The axiom quoted above—that there is no return from privation to possession—thus remains true.

I shall now conclude this chapter with the following question, which accords with my purpose and which I also consider necessary in itself.

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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.