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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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wie man auch von dergleichen particular, und insonderheit dem Spiritu, damit F. Basilius seinem Bruder den Schmertzen des Steins vertrieben / in solcher Kranckheit / neben Gebrauchung anderer darzu dienlichen Mittel / treffliche Hülff erfahren wird) schleunig hinweg nehmen / und alle imperfecte Metalla in Gold tingiren / (so die Medicinæ primi & secundi ordinis keines wegs zu verrichten vermögen / weil kein corpus oder materia in die andere würcket / sondern allein die Spiritus tingiren und transmutiren) deßgleichen die geringe Edelgestein in vollkommene verwandlen /

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

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In that disease one may also experience excellent help from such a particular preparation, especially the spirit with which Brother Basilius relieved his brother’s pain from the stone, alongside the use of other appropriate means. The tincture can also tincture all imperfect metals into gold and transform inferior precious stones into perfect ones. Medicines of the first and second orders cannot accomplish this at all, because one body or matter does not act upon another; only spirits tincture and transmute.

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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.

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.