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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Original Contents — Part II

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Das VI. Capitel. Worauß die Metallen und Edelgesteine in der Erden entspringen. Worbenebenst zugleich die Warheit der Hermetischen Kunst durch sattsame und unwidertreibliche / eines theils von andern Philosophis noch niemahlen beygebrachte fundamenta erwiesen wird — 121 Das VII. Capitel. Von den Wassern auff und in dem Erdboden — 156 Das VIII. Capitel. Von dem Wasser ober dem Himmel — 172 Das IX. Capitel. Von denen effectibus der Tincturæ Physicæ und des vollkommenen Elixirs — 179 Das X. Capitel. Was zu dieser Kunst hauptsächlich zu wissen nöhtig sey und erfordert werde: wie dasselbe zu erlangen / auch im übrigen ein Scrutator artis qualificirt und beschaffen seyn müsse? — 186

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Original Contents — Part II

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Chapter VI. From what metals and precious stones arise in the earth. Here the truth of the Hermetic art is also proved by sufficient and irrefutable grounds, some never previously supplied by other philosophers — 121 Chapter VII. On the waters upon and within the earth — 156 Chapter VIII. On the water above heaven — 172 Chapter IX. On the effects of the physical tincture and perfect elixir — 179 Chapter X. What must chiefly be known and is required for this art; how to attain it; and how an investigator of the art must otherwise be qualified and constituted — 186

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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.

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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.