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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 12: Solomon and the Hermetic Art

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Das Zwölffte Capitel. Vom König Salomone / und ob derselbe von der Hermetischen Kunst gewußt / solche gehabt / und exercirt habe? Die jenige / welche diese Kunst für unwahr außschreyen / brauchen unter andern vornemblich zu ihrem Behelff / und wenden vor / daß Salomon davon nichts gewißt / noch dieselbe gehabt und exercirt habe. Und wollen solch ihr suppositum daher beweisen / weil Er nemblich Gold auß Ophir holen lassen / vermeynend / wann Er selbst Gold machen können / würde sothane Abholung nicht geschehen seyn.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 12: Solomon and the Hermetic Art

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Chapter Twelve On King Solomon, and whether he knew, possessed, and practised the Hermetic Art Those who denounce this Art as false rely especially on an objection concerning Solomon: they claim that he knew nothing of it, neither possessed it nor practised it. They seek to prove their assumption from the fact that he had gold brought from Ophir. They suppose that if he had been able to make gold himself, he would not have arranged for it to be brought from there.

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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.