Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 8: Philosophical Water

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German & Latin

176–177

Allwo ich mich zwar zu erinnern weiß / was andere Philosophi de generatione nostræ materiæ, de patre & matre spiritus mundi Sole scilicet & Luna &c. geschrieben haben / und solcher meiner Meynung zuwider scheinen möchte. Aber mit dieser dapffern Leuth Erlaubnuß / und Vorbehaltung ihrer Ehr / zu reden / oder zu schreiben / thue ich einem jeden Verständigen zu erkennen geben / ob solche ihre opinion (also simpliciter) bestehen könne? Sintemahl wider die Ordnung der gantzen Natur / daß das jenige / darauß ein anders geschaffen ist / von demselben wiederumb soll gezeuget werden / oder damit ichs in etwas klärer gebe / daß eine particular-Natur / so auß der universal-Natur geschaffen / hinwiederumb diese / nemblich die universal-Natur produciren und zeugen solle.

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

176–177

I am aware of what other philosophers have written concerning the generation of our matter and the father and mother of the world-spirit, namely the Sun and Moon, which might appear contrary to my opinion. Yet, with these worthy people’s permission and due respect to their honour, I submit to every discerning reader whether their opinion can stand without qualification. It is contrary to the order of all nature that the source from which something was created should in turn be generated by that thing. To put it more clearly: a particular nature created from universal nature cannot in turn produce and generate that universal nature.

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.