Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 12: Solomon and the Hermetic Art

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German & Latin

201–202

Meines Theils ist mir ebenfalls gnug / in deme ich zuvorderst GOTT und meinen HErrn und Heyland Jesum Christum / und dann die Natur / so weit gleichsamb in dieser Sterbligkeit zu kommen / erkenne. Derowegen / und wie ich mit dem Psalmisten auß dem 92. Psalm intonire: HERR du lässest mich frölich singen / von deinen Wercken / und rühmen die Geschäffte deiner Hände; Also thue ich im übrigen und auff allen fall mit dem Authore deß Tractats de Metamorphosi Metall. antworten: Si etenim ars hæc reale in Naturâ habeat fundamentum, cur ego sollicitus essem, utrum hic vel ille intellexerit necne? ut qui cognoverimus ejus cultores atque peritos summo sese studio occultasse &c.

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

201–202

For my part, it is likewise enough that I know, first, God and my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and then Nature, so far as one can attain such knowledge in this mortal life. With the psalmist I sing from Psalm 92: “Lord, you make me sing joyfully of your works and praise what your hands have done.” For the rest, and in any event, I answer with the author of On the Metamorphosis of Metals: “If this Art has a real foundation in Nature, why should I be troubled about whether this man or that understood it, when we know that its practitioners and experts concealed themselves with the greatest care?” and so forth.

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.