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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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Præterea Gen. c. 1. habetur, DEUM T. O. M. primo creasse principia illa universalia, nimirum aquam (sicut Hebraica vox Schamaym denotat, minimè ergo congeriem aliquam impolitam & indigestam) ex eâque separavit terram & aërem. Ignem quidem in hisce secundum absconditam suam Sapientiam absconditum voluit manere; Sed particularem illam scil. Lucem condidit, quam separatione à tenebris factâ, vocavit diem, tenebrasque noctem.

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

213–214

Further, Genesis 1 tells us that the thrice-best and greatest God first created those universal principles, namely water—as the Hebrew word Schamaym signifies, and certainly not some unformed, unordered mass. From it he separated earth and air. In accordance with his hidden wisdom, he willed that fire should remain hidden in them. But he established that particular thing, light, which, after separating it from darkness, he called day, and the darkness night.

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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.

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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.