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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Conclusion

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German & Latin

244–245

Also will ich zuvorderst denjenigen gewarnet haben / der dieser Kunst nachtrachtet / und selbige nicht vornemblich zu Gottes Ehr / und Verthaidigung des Christlichen Glaubens / auch Rettung der armen nothleidenden Christen anzuwenden / intentionirt, sondern etwan vielmehr seinen Geitz dardurch zu sättigen / oder Hochmuth und Muthwillen mit dieser Hohen Gabe Gottes zu treiben / vorhabens ist / darvon abzustehen: Sintemahln Er kein glücklich End erreichen / oder wann es schon auß Verhängnuß des Allerhöchsten geschiehet / ihme sonsten die maledictio und des gerechten Gottes Straff / des Hollandi Propheceyung nach / auff den Halß kommen wird. Ihme dem Dreyeinigen Gott aber / sey wiedermalen Lob / Ehr und Preyß und Danck gesagt / von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit. Amen!

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Conclusion

244–245

Above all, I warn anyone pursuing this art who does not intend to use it chiefly for God’s honour, the defence of the Christian faith, and the relief of poor and suffering Christians, but rather to satisfy avarice or indulge pride and licence, to desist. Such a person will attain no happy end; or, if success does occur by the Most High’s permission, the curse and punishment of the righteous God will fall upon him, according to Hollandus’s prophecy. To the triune God be praise, honour, glory, and thanks once again, from eternity to eternity. Amen!

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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.