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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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Nec enim de amissione quicquam in sacris Literis invenire possum, quin Deus ipse prædictum Decretum & declarationem post lapsum Gen. 9. satis enixè geminavit, & reiteravit, concedendo non homini solùm denuò dominium omnium rerum & brutorum; sed maximè etiam promulgando illam legem, quæ omnino vetat necationem hominis & vindicat sanguinem ejus, tam de manu bestiarum (ut formalibus ipsius textus utar) quam ipsorum hominum, & quidem eâ ratione, quippe quod ad Imaginem DEI factus sit homo.

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

226–227

I can find nothing in Holy Scripture about its loss. On the contrary, after the Fall God emphatically repeated that decree and declaration in Genesis 9, not only granting man dominion over things and animals anew, but especially promulgating the law which forbids the killing of man and requires an accounting for his blood from the hand of beasts, to use the text’s own words, as well as from men themselves. The reason given is precisely that man was made in 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.

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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.