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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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Lufft ist aus dem Wasser herkommen — 8. ist an sich selbst nichts anders dann das aller-subtileste Wasser — 9. durchdringet alle wesentliche Stücke — 27. in der Lufft regen und bewegen sich alle lebendige und wachsende Dinge — ibid. Lux est accidens — 206. 207. est corpus — 216 M. Magisterium Philosophicum zu verfertigen seynd unterschiedliche Wege — 108. alterutro tantùm principio perfici non potest — 198 Materia cruda à materia à superfluitatibus separatâ est distinguenda — 151 Mayenthau ist nicht das Subjectum artis Hermeticæ — 164. kan in hitzigen Kranckheiten grosse Hülffe thuen — 165 Meerwasser gibt keine universal Medicin — 161

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Original Subject Index

unnumbered register pp. 10–11

Air arose from water — 8; is in itself nothing other than the subtlest water — 9; penetrates all substantial parts — 27; all living and growing things stir and move in it — ibid. Light is an accident — 206, 207; is a body — 216 M. There are different ways to accomplish the philosophical magistery — 108; it cannot be perfected with only one of the two principles — 198 Crude matter must be distinguished from matter separated from superfluities — 151 May dew is not the subject of the Hermetic art — 164; can greatly help in hot diseases — 165 Seawater yields no universal medicine — 161

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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.