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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 14: The World and Its End

German & Latin

232–233

Demnächst folgt hierauß eine stattliche Versicher- und Vergewisserung der Aufferstehung der Todten / und der Verwandelung unserer Leiber in ein ebenmässig-allerperfectestes Wesen; Wie davon oben in vorhergehendem Capitel gedacht worden / und S. Paulus in seiner 1. Epistel an die Corinther im 15. Capitel mit mehrerm lehret. Worbey ich mich under andern gleichfalls erinnere / was der Prophet Daniel berichtet: Die Gerechten werden leuchten / wie des Himmels Glantz / und die viel zur Gerechtigkeit bekehrt haben / wie die Sterne immer und ewiglich. Item was abermahl St. Paulus sagt / daß unsere Leiber werden ähnlich werden / dem verklärten Leibe Christi.

232–233

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

232–233

From this also follows a powerful assurance of the resurrection of the dead and the transformation of our bodies into a likewise most perfect being, as mentioned in the preceding chapter and taught more fully by Saint Paul in 1 Corinthians 15. Among other things, I recall the prophet Daniel’s words: “The righteous will shine like heaven’s brightness, and those who have turned many to righteousness like the stars for ever and ever.” I also recall Paul’s statement that our bodies will become like Christ’s glorified body.

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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.