Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem VI

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THEOREMA VI.

Das Regenwasser ist ein sehr künstlich: dünn: zart: durchsichtig: süß / lieblich / geistlich / einfaches Ding: ein Element und Thron / so keinen sonderbahren Seegen und Befehl von GOtt dem Allmächtigen empfangen. Welches alle Farben / ingleichem die Anfäng der andern Elementen / also der Samen aller sichtigen Dinge / auch alle Kräffte und Tugenden / alle Thier und wachsende Ding zu nehren / sowohln auch alle Kranckheiten zu hailen; Und in Summa die Kräffte der gantzen Natur in sich: so dann seine Residenz in der Lufft / under der Feste des Himmels hat.

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem VI

Theorem VI.

Rainwater is a thing most artfully made: thin, subtle, transparent, sweet, pleasant, spiritual, and simple; an element and throne that has received no particular blessing or command from almighty God. It contains all colours, as well as the beginnings of the other elements, and thus the seed of all visible things; all powers and virtues for nourishing animals and growing things, and likewise for healing all diseases; in sum, the powers of the whole of nature. It has its residence in the air beneath the firmament of heaven.

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.