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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 dann fünfftens mehrangezogener Author der Lucernæ abermahl bezeuget / was massen sothane Tinctur alle Pflantzen / Bäume / Stauden / und Kräuter &c. mit ihrer grossen wunderbaren Tugend und Wärme lebendig mache / und derselben fruchtbringende Kräffte dergestalt stärcke und erwecke / daß wann man im Anfang des Frühlings eine quantitet dieser Medicin in Wasser zerlasse / und in den Kern des Weinstocks thue / so werden Blätter und Blüht daran herfür kommen / auch im Mayen derselbe Stock Frucht bringen. Welches alles dann die universal-Krafft unsers Subjecti abermahl gnugsam beweiset.

Worbey ichs auff dißmahl bewenden lasse.

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

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Fifth, the often-cited author of the Lamp again testifies that such a tincture, through its great and wondrous virtue and warmth, gives life to all plants, trees, shrubs and herbs. It strengthens and awakens their fruit-bearing powers so greatly that, if a quantity of this medicine is dissolved in water at the beginning of spring and placed in the core of a vine, leaves and blossom will appear, and the same vine will bear fruit in May. All this once again sufficiently proves our subject’s universal power.

Here I shall leave the matter for the present.

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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.