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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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223–224

Transmutationis hujus Typum & vivam imaginem in arte nostra habemus, ubi Subjectum nostrum per putrefactionem & separationem regeneratur, ab omni grassitie & fæculentia liberatur, atque in novam formam nobilissimam & spiritualem essentiam, ac perfectam virtutem redigitur. Unde Author ille anonymus, alias Filius Sendivogii nuncupatus: Ex lapide nostro, inquit, DEUS Trinus & Unus, ipsiusque opera creationis, redemtionis, & regenerationis, nec non futuræ beatitatis status elucent.

223–224

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

223–224

In our Art we possess a type and living image of this transmutation. Through putrefaction and separation our subject is regenerated, freed of every grossness and impurity, and brought to a new and most noble form, a spiritual essence and perfected power. Hence that anonymous author, also called the Son of Sendivogius, says: “From our stone shine forth God, Three and One, his works of creation, redemption, and regeneration, and the state of future blessedness.”

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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.