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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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Ordinem autem hunc universalem, tempusque tum ubique terrarum æquinoctiale DEUS altissimus discreturus, nec non temporum vicissitudines introducturus, Luminaria in Cœli firmamento magna duo creavit, Luminare scil. majus, ut præsit diei, & Luminare minus ut præsit nocti, & Stellas &c. Ex quibus palam est, aliam creaturam & Substantiam ac ordinem Naturæ esse Lucis & Diei, alias quoque creaturas ac Substantias & ordinem Naturæ esse Stellarum, nec unus in alium fuit transmutatus, vel redactus, aut distributus (ut aliqui somniant & nugantur) licet unus per alium dirigatur: quandoquidem Verba & Decreta DEI immutabilia.

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

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To differentiate this universal order and the time which was then everywhere equinoctial, and to introduce the succession of seasons, God Most High created the two great lights in the firmament: the greater to rule the day, the lesser to rule the night, and the stars. This plainly shows that light and day belong to one created substance and natural order, while the stars belong to other created substances and another natural order. One was not transformed into, reduced to, or distributed among the other, as some dream and prattle, although one is governed through the other. For God’s words and decrees are immutable.

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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.