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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Original Subject Index

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German & Latin

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F. Faulen wird die Hermetische Kunst nicht zu theil — 241 Feste des andern Tags geschaffen worden — 5. hat Gott Himmel genennt — ibid. Feuer ist verborgener Weise im Wasser — 9. kan ohne Lufft nicht bestehen — 28. so die Schafe und Knaben Jobs verzehrt / ist kein rechtes Feuer gewesen — 21 G. Gebeht ist nöhtig zu der Hermetischen Kunst — 189 Gebrandte Wasser / so sie durch Veraltung Geschmack / Geruch / und Farbe verlieren / haben nichts übrig denn ein bloß phlegma — 23 Gedult wird erfordert zur Kunst — 189 Geist Gottes Genes.1. v.2. ist ein erschaffener und nicht Gott der H. Geist — 44. 51 Generatio non fit absque copulâ — 197 Geschmack / Geruch / und die Farbe seynd die Seele und quinta essentia aller Dinge — 22 Gewässer ist am allerersten erschaffen worden — 5

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Original Subject Index

unnumbered register pp. 9

F. The lazy do not attain the Hermetic art — 241 The firmament was created on the second day — 5; God called it heaven — ibid. Fire is concealed in water — 9; cannot endure without air — 28; that which consumed Job’s sheep and servants was not true fire — 21 G. Prayer is necessary to the Hermetic art — 189 Distilled waters that lose taste, smell, and colour through age retain only phlegm — 23 Patience is required for the art — 189 The spirit of God in Genesis 1:2 is created, not God the Holy Spirit — 44, 51 Generation does not occur without union — 197 Taste, smell, and colour are the soul and quintessence of all things — 22 Waters were created first of all — 5

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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.