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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Conclusion

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240–241

Wiewohl ich mich nur der Medicin / zumahln aber auch hierdurch mich nicht / sondern allein die mir von GOTT gegebene Gnad gerühmet: So dann und im übrigen das jenige / was ich oben im Ersten Capitel dieses zweyten Theils §. Alwo. vers. Ist nun. erwehnet / hiehero wiederholet haben will. Viertens aber die jenigen anbetreffend / welche mit deme / was ich ihnen hierinn communiciret / nicht content seyn möchten / weise ich dieselbe zu den Bienen / umb bey ihnen zu sehen / wie klüglich sie ihre Arbeit verbergen / daß keiner / auch durch allerhand gebrauchende inventiones selbige gnugsamb außforschen kan / worauß sie dann abzunehmen / was massen uns GOtt der HERR gleichsam durch die Natur selbsten verbeut / ein mehrers zu offenbahren / und mich also vor entschuldigt halten werden.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Conclusion

240–241

Yet I have boasted only of the medicine, and even in that not of myself, but solely of the grace God has given me. I would also repeat here what I said in chapter one of this Second Part, in the paragraph beginning Alwo and at the words Ist nun. Fourth, I refer those dissatisfied with what I have communicated to the bees. Let them observe how wisely bees conceal their work, so that no one can fully investigate it even through all manner of devices. From this they should gather that God the Lord, as though through nature herself, forbids us to disclose more, and should therefore excuse me.

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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.