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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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At, faciamus hominem ad imaginem & similitudinem nostri: nostro Idiomate quid aliud est, quam Lasst Uns Menschen machen / ein Bild das Uns gleich sey &c. De homine enim creando DEUS deliberans, decrevit illum ad Imaginem sui condere, non autem concreare, exprimens quoque qualis imago debeat esse, nimirum ut præsit & dominetur piscibus maris, volatilibus cœli, & bestiis, universæque terræ. Hinc D. Paulus 1. Corinth. 11. absolutè statuit, hominem esse Imaginem DEI.

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

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What else does “Let us make man according to our image and likeness” mean in our language but “Let us make man, an image like ourselves”? In deliberating upon man’s creation, God decreed to create him in his image, not to co-create it. He also expressed what kind of image it should be: one that rules and has dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven, the beasts, and the whole earth. Hence Paul states without qualification in 1 Corinthians 11 that man is the image of God.

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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.