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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

168–169

Jedoch will ich weder D. Helvetium, noch gedachten Artisten Lügen straffen / sondern sage vielmehr / daß sie beede die Warheit geredt haben; Allein auff folgende philosophische Weiß / daß nemblich durch die vier Tage die vier Hauptfarben verstanden werden; wie ich auch solcher gestalt und sothaner Philosophischer Redart nach / mich (Gott sey gedancket) rühmen kan / daß ich den Lapidem perfectum oder Regem rubrum in dreyen Tagen (anerwogen eigentlich nur drey Hauptfarben seynd) verfertigen sehen.

168–169

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

168–169

Yet I do not wish to accuse either Dr Helvetius or the practitioner in question of lying. Rather, I say that both spoke the truth, but in this philosophical manner: by the four days are meant the four principal colours. In the same way, and according to this philosophical mode of speech, I too can boast—God be thanked—that I saw the perfected stone, or red king, completed in three days, since strictly speaking there are only three principal colours.

168–169

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.