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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. 13

Regimen ignis und das Gewicht seynd die 2. fürnehmste Puncten in praxi Chymicâ — 112 Regressus in naturâ non datur — 144 Religions Richtschnur ist die H. Schrifft — 72. ohne die Religion ist die Philosophia Narrenwerck und Unsinnigkeit — ibid. Resolutio particularium in primam materiam practicè fieri nequit — 11 S. Salomon hat die Kunst Gold zu machen gewust — 201 Saltz ist eine Erde — 86. ist nicht ohne Mercurio und Schwefel — 35. Sal Philosophorum — 181. 182 Schamaiim Genes.1. bedeutet das Gewässer — 5 Scheidung seynd zweyerley Arten — 32 Schöpffung soll aus H. Schrifft erlernet werden — 71 Schwehre komt von dem Wasser — 142 Seele wird fortgepflantzet / nicht erschaffen — 196 Sententiæ non sunt numerandæ sed ponderandæ — 51 Silber ist nechst dem Gold das reinest und edelste Ertz — 113

unnumbered register pp. 13

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Original Subject Index

unnumbered register pp. 13

Fire management and weight are the two foremost points in chymical practice — 112 There is no return in nature — 144 Holy Scripture is religion’s rule — 72; without religion philosophy is folly and senselessness — ibid. Particular things cannot in practice be resolved into prime matter — 11 S. Solomon knew the art of making gold — 201 Salt is an earth — 86; is not without Mercury and Sulfur — 35; Philosophers’ Salt — 181, 182 Schamaiim in Genesis 1 means the waters — 5 There are two kinds of separation — 32 Creation should be learned from Holy Scripture — 71 Weight comes from water — 142 The soul is propagated, not created — 196 Opinions must be weighed, not counted — 51 Silver, after gold, is the purest and noblest metal — 113

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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.