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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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Homo duplex est — 220. terrestris ex substantiâ & excrementis est compositus — 221. est imago Dei imitationis — 227 Homunculi Theophrasti, und derer Gebährung extra uterum seynd Lügen — 195. 198 I. Ignis absque subjecto esse non potest — 213 Jurisprudenz ist keine Scienz — 58 K. König aller Geheimnüss — 179 Kunst der Chymie ist mehr bey den Juden als andern Nationen bekant gewest — 201. rührt nicht vom Teufel — 190 Künstler soll bey guten Mitteln seyn — 193 L. Lapis Philosophorum ist nächst der Menschen Seel das alleredelst und perfectest Ding auff Erden — 143. 168. ist edler weder das Gold — ib. Leben wo es nicht ist / da kan auch keine Tödtung geschehen — 194

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Original Subject Index

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The human being is twofold — 220; the earthly human being consists of substance and wastes — 221; is God’s image by imitation — 227 Theophrastus’s homunculi and their generation outside the womb are lies — 195, 198 I. Fire cannot exist without a subject — 213 Jurisprudence is not a science — 58 K. King of all mysteries — 179 The chymical art was better known among Jews than other nations — 201; does not come from the Devil — 190 The practitioner should possess sufficient means — 193 L. The Philosophers’ Stone, after the human soul, is the noblest and most perfect thing on earth — 143, 168; nobler than gold — ibid. Where there is no life, no killing can occur — 194

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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.