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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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German & Latin

166–167

Nemlich: Ob die in Dr. Helvetii Vitulo aureo befindliche / von dem so genannten Elia artista gegen ihme geredte Wort: Daß das gantze Philosophische Werck / in vier Tagen / im freyen Feuer / und im Tiegel verrichtet werde &c. dem Buchstaben nach zu verstehen?

166–167

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

166–167

Namely: should the words recorded in Dr Helvetius’s Golden Calf, spoken to him by the so-called Elias the Artist—that the entire philosophical work is accomplished in four days, in an open fire and in a crucible—be understood literally?

166–167

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.