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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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Also ist hierauß ohnschwer zu ermessen / was von solcher Medicin, wann sie in summo gradu, für effectus zu hoffen / und daß sie insonderheit auch zu Verhütung aller Kranckheiten / und Erhaltung der Gesundheit sehr ersprießlich sey.

Hiehero gehört / was Helmontius schreibet: Sunt quædam Sulphura quibus correctis atque perfectis tota morborum cohors auscultat. Massen das Sal Philosophorum (als die Medicina primi ordinis) gleichfalls in allen Kranckheiten zu gebrauchen / und mit einem einigen Loth desselben etlich hundert und mehr Menschen / am Fieber sicherlich zu curiren seynd.

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

181–182

From this one can readily judge what effects may be hoped for from such a medicine at its highest degree, and that it is especially beneficial for preventing every disease and preserving health.

Here belongs Helmont’s statement: “There are certain sulphurs which, when corrected and perfected, the whole company of diseases obeys.” The philosophers’ salt, as a medicine of the first order, can likewise be used in every disease; with a single lot of it, several hundred people or more can certainly be cured of fever.

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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.