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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 11: Theophrastus and the Homunculus

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Cæterum concludo, Animam primùm à Deo esse ortam, & adhuc oriri mediante scilicet propagatione & quidem modo prædicto. Hoc est arcanum, hoc est magnale DEI. Econtrà autem falsa est opinio Theophrasti de homunculis suis & generatione hominis extra matricem, & sine matre naturali ex solo spermate viri, atque tanquam mera speculativa, & ordini naturæ repugnans traditio omnino contemnenda.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 11: Theophrastus and the Homunculus

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I conclude, then, that the soul originally arose from God and still arises through propagation in the manner just described. This is the secret; this is the mighty work of God. Conversely, Theophrastus’s opinion about his homunculi and the generation of a human being outside the womb, without a natural mother and from a man’s semen alone, is false. As a merely speculative teaching contrary to the order of Nature, it is to be rejected entirely.

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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.