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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Original Subject Index

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German & Latin

unnumbered register pp. 5–6

Register der merckwürdigen Dinge / die in diesem Büchlein verhandelt werden. A. Ab- und Zuflusses des Meers eigentliche Ursach — p. 105 Alchymisten-Kunst ist eine Zunichtmachung des Goldes — 145 Alchymisten machen auß allem nichts — ibid. Alles ist durch Gottes Wort erschaffen — 73. besteht darin — ibid. wird dadurch verwaltet / geleitet / regieret / erhalten / ernehret und vermehret — ibid. Anfang muß von seinem Ende zeigen — 76 Anima s. Spiritus hominis est radius divinæ essentiæ — 197. sola, sive maris, sive fœminæ, absque copulâ alterius se nequit multiplicare — ibid. primùm à Deo est orta — 198. adhuc oritur mediante propagatione — ibid. Animâ hominis nihil in mundo pretiosius — 224

unnumbered register pp. 5–6

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Original Subject Index

unnumbered register pp. 5–6

Index of notable matters treated in this little book. A. Ebb and flow of the sea: its true cause — p. 105 Alchemists’ art destroys gold — 145 Alchemists make nothing out of everything — ibid. All things were created through God’s Word — 73; subsist in it — ibid.; are administered, directed, governed, preserved, nourished, and multiplied through it — ibid. A beginning must bear witness to its end — 76 The human soul or spirit is a ray of the divine essence — 197; alone, whether male or female, it cannot multiply without union with the other — ibid.; first arose from God — 198; still arises through propagation — ibid.; nothing in the world is more precious than the human soul — 224

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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.