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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Conclusion

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Zumahln dieselbe noch heutiges Tages von vielen (worzu die jenige / falsche Discipel / welche sich dieser Kunst vermessentlich rühmen / und doch nur mit lauter Betrug umbgehen / grosse Ursach geben; Deren / die umb Erhalt- und Beförderung ihres Nutzens und Gewinns willen / laugnen / daß eine universal-Medicin seyn und præparirt werden könne / anjetzo zu geschweigen) gelästert / und per consequens Gottes Ehre gemindert und geschmählert wird.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Conclusion

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For even today many revile this art, thereby diminishing and disparaging God’s honour. False disciples give them ample cause: they boast presumptuously of the art while dealing entirely in fraud. I say nothing here of those who deny that a universal medicine can exist or be prepared merely to preserve and advance their own advantage and profit.

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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.