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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Conclusion

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Mancher argumentirt gleichfalls wohl: Säet man Weitzen / so hat man Weitzen zu hoffen / Säet man Gersten / so hat man Gersten zu hoffen &c. Ergo: Säet man Gold / so hat man Gold zu hoffen &c. Wann er aber nicht weiß / was für Gold hierzu gehörig ist / so irret er so grob / als jene / die weder Anfang / Mittel / noch End des Wercks wissen und verstehen. Anderer Exempel umb Kürtze willen zu geschweigen. Welches alles und anders mehr ich nun in gegenwärtigem Tractätlein gründ- und treulich entdeckt und erklärt / anbey auch quoad operationem den Unterschied derselben in via sicca, und wiederumb in via humida, neben andern zu diesem Studio nöthigen Erinnerungen / sattsam bemercket / und demnach verhoffentlich das jenige an Tag gelegt / was vielleicht und meines Wissens vor mir wenig / auch in einem / oder andern Puncten keiner gethan.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Conclusion

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Some also argue: sow wheat and one may expect wheat; sow barley and one may expect barley; therefore sow gold and one may expect gold. Yet unless they know what kind of gold is required, they err as grossly as those who understand neither the beginning, means, nor end of the work. For brevity I omit other examples. All this and more I have now thoroughly and faithfully disclosed and explained in this little treatise. Concerning operation, I have sufficiently noted the distinction between the dry and wet ways, together with other necessary cautions. I hope thus to have revealed what, to my knowledge, few before me—and in some respects perhaps none—have disclosed.

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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.