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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 10: Requirements for the Art

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Welches alles aber fürs zweyte zu erarnen / ebenmässig vonnöthen ist / daß man sich übe und anhalte: Prece, lectione, meditatione, & labore: Ich sage prece: In Erwegung alle gute und vollkommene Gaben (insonderheit aber Weißheit / die aller Kunst Meister ist / Sap. c. 7.) von oben herab / von dem Vatter deß Lichts kommen; Wie auch in specie von dieser Wissenschafft Dionys. Zacchar. schreibet: Nostra scientia est tam divina, ut semper fuerit & sit adhuc impossibile hanc innotescere hominibus, quocunque studio vel industriâ quâvis, etsi omnium sapientissimi sint, atque doctissimi Philosophi, nisi primum à Deo sit inspirata &c.

187–188

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 10: Requirements for the Art

187–188

Second, to learn all this one must likewise persevere in prayer, reading, meditation, and labour. I say prayer because every good and perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights—especially wisdom, the mistress of every art, as Wisdom, chapter 7, calls her. Dionysius Zacharius also writes specifically of this discipline: “Our science is so divine that it has always been, and still remains, impossible for men to learn it through any study or diligence whatever, even if they are the wisest and most learned philosophers of all, unless it is first inspired by God,” and so forth.

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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.