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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 13: The Controversy Over Light

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Secundò ordinaria, qualis est Lux illa, quæ ex Sole, Lunâ, aliisque Syderibus oritur & diffunditur mundumque, & omnia, ubi non impedimentum lumen lucis removens intervenit, corpora illustrat. Quam sententiam non incongruam puto dignamque transcriptione, quâ nihil S. T. præscribere animus est, &c.

208–209

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 13: The Controversy Over Light

208–209

Second, light may be ordinary: that which arises and spreads from the sun, moon, and other heavenly bodies, illuminating the world and every body wherever no intervening obstruction removes its radiance. I consider this opinion reasonable and worth setting down. I have no intention of prescribing your judgment by it, 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.

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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.