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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 8: Philosophical Water

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Allermassen zum Vierten / obbedeuteter Sophisten Irrthumb / daß von dem Wasser ober dem Himmel kein Tropffen herab / und dem Menschen zu gutem komme / eigentlicher zu entdecken und zu widerlegen / also respondirt / und umb das Subjectum artis Hermeticæ desto eigentlicher zu beschreiben / auß offtangezogenem unserm Authore angezeigt wird / was gestalten das Wasser oben / und bey der Feste des Himmels / geistlicher Weise zu uns herab komme / wie auch der gantze Lufft voll Wassers seye. Welches zumahl dem Menschen gantz heylsamlich zu gutem kommet / angesehen / auß diesem Wasser / eben der rechte Balsam / und die allerbest- und heylsambste universal-Medicin zu præpariren:

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 8: Philosophical Water

175–176

Fourth, to expose and refute more precisely the sophists’ error that not a drop of the water above heaven comes down or benefits humanity, the answer is as follows. To describe the subject of the Hermetic art more exactly, our often-cited author shows how water above and beside the firmament of heaven descends to us in a spiritual manner, and how the whole air is full of water. This benefits humanity most salutarily, since from this water the true balsam and the very best and most healing universal medicine can be prepared.

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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.

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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.