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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 14: The World and Its End

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German & Latin

228–229

Und ob ich wohl abermahl viel zu wenig bin / hiervon zu reden / oder zu schreiben. Dieweil ich aber durch Gottes Gnade die Hermetische Kunst gelernet / auch nicht wenig tentirt habe / so wird mir meine einfältige Meynung darvon gleichfalls zu entdecken erlaubt seyn. Schliesse derowegen mit andern unsern Philosophis auß dem Vorbild der operation unsers Subjecti, und der perfection unsers Magisterii kürtzlich / was massen zwar am jüngsten Tage / die Welt auff folgende Weiß ein Ende nehmen / in deme nemblichen denen Accidentien / und dergestalt nach / so gar die Elementa zerschmeltzen / die terra excrementitia, die wir mit unsern Augen sehen / und mit unsern Füssen betretten / mit allem was drinnen ist / corrumpirt und verbrennt: Ingleichem die jetzige bewegliche Himmel vergehen:

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 14: The World and Its End

228–229

Once again I am far too insignificant to speak or write of this. Yet since by God’s grace I have learned the Hermetic art and made no few trials, I may also be allowed to disclose my simple opinion. With other philosophers of our art, I therefore conclude briefly, from the pattern supplied by the operation of our subject and the perfection of our magistery, that on the Last Day the world will end in this manner: in respect of its accidents, even the elements will melt; the excrementitious earth which we see and tread beneath our feet, together with everything in it, will be corrupted and burned; and the present moving heavens will likewise pass away.

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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.