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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 9: Effects of the Elixir

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Deßgleichen und Zweytens ist oben vermeldet worden / was massen durch die Tincturam Physicam und das vollkommene Elixir, alle geringere Metalla in perfect gut Gold tingiret: Nicht weniger (Drittens) alle unedle und geringe / in köstliche und bessere / weder Orientalische Edelgestein verwandelt werden können.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 9: Effects of the Elixir

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Second, it was stated above that through the natural tincture and the perfected elixir all lesser metals can be tinctured into perfectly good gold. Third, all base and inferior precious stones can likewise be transformed into costly stones better than those of the East.

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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.

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.