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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem VI

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Und über das ist das Regenwasser auch künstlich ratione essentiæ, weiln es: Ein süß / lieblichs Ding. Gestalten dessen Süß- und Liebligkeit / der Geschmack und Geruch sattsamb anzeigt / dann wann das Regenwasser sauer / oder gesaltzen / oder übelriechend / oder auch roth und vielfärbig herab kombt / solches zur Straff / Trau- und Warnung / oder einem Wunderzeichen von Gott dem Allmächtigen geschicht. Ein geistlich- und einfaches Ding. Daß dieses Subjectum geistlich seye / bezeugt abermahl die Erfahrung: Dann so man ein roh- undistillirtes Regenwasser in einem offenen Geschirr stehen lässet / wird selbiges gantz evaporiren / und hinweg gehen. Worbenebenst ich mich auch auff den unten bemelten Spiritum, so auß dem Regenwasser zu præpariren / will beruffen haben.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem VI

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Rainwater is also artful in respect of its essence, for it is “a sweet and pleasant thing.” Its taste and smell sufficiently reveal that sweetness and pleasantness. When rainwater falls sour, salty, foul-smelling, red, or many-coloured, this happens through almighty God as punishment, threat, warning, or a miraculous sign. A spiritual and simple thing. Experience again testifies that this subject is spiritual. If raw, undistilled rainwater is left standing in an open vessel, it will evaporate entirely and disappear. I also appeal to the spirit mentioned below, which is to be prepared from rainwater.

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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.