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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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Das Wort so Gott in der Schöpffung geredt / ist nicht verschwunden / sondern das Leben aller Creaturen worden. Nam exinde non solum patet, quod, quicquid Verbo DEI creatum est, creatura & per consequens sit Substantia; Sed meritò etiam adduci potest; Si verbum DEI omnium creaturarum vita est factum, erit ergo & lucis vita factum; & sic lux habet vitam. Ex quo porro sequitur, si lux habet vitam, habebit ergo formam; Si habet formam, erit ergo quoque Substantia.

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

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“The Word that God spoke in creation did not vanish, but became the life of all creatures.” This shows not only that whatever is created through God’s Word is a creature and consequently a substance. One may also rightly argue: if God’s Word became the life of every creature, it became the life of light as well; therefore light has life. Further, if light has life, it has form; if it has form, it too is a substance.

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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.

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.