Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem V

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14–15

Daß die Wasser in der Scheidung an sich selbst nicht verändert / sondern nur eines dünner / zarter / durchsichtiger / und von mehrer Krafft und Würckung / weder das andere gemacht worden.

Oben ist gesagt: Daß die Elementa auß dem Wasser herkommen und geschaffen worden: Sintemahln und nachdeme der Allmächtige und Alleinweise GOtt / auß dem anfangs gleichförmig-geschaffenen und in einer massa bestandenem Gewässer / ferner diese schöne Welt erschaffen / und daß dieselbe per contraria in continua actione & motu begriffen seyn solle / verordnen: auch solche sowohl mit denen animalien und Vegetabilien / als der prächtigen Feste des Himmels / und deren herzlichen Lichtern zieren / und erfüllen wollen / hat Er zuvorderst verschafft / daß zu sothanem ein und andern Ende / das gröber- und schwerere Theil angeregter Wasser / sich gegen das Centrum verfüget / und hinwiederumb das subtile sich hinauffwärts begeben / und in der Höhe enthalten:

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem V

14–15

That in their separation the waters were not changed in themselves; one was merely made thinner, subtler, clearer, and more powerful and effective than another.

It was said above that the elements arose and were created from water. For when the almighty and only-wise God wished to create this beautiful world from waters originally created uniform and consisting of one mass; to ordain that it should remain in continual action and motion through contraries; and to adorn and fill it with animals and plants, the splendid firmament of heaven, and its glorious lights, he first caused the coarser and heavier part of those waters to move toward the centre, while the subtle part rose upward and remained on high.

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.