Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Candida Phoenix PhilosophicaPart I — Theorem VI

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Part I — Theorem VI

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24–25

Und in Summa die Kräffte der gantzen Natur in sich &c. Gleichwie solches oben à priori und theoreticè probirt worden / auch unten im andern Theil ferner geschehen wird; Also ist es / so viel die animal- und vegetabilische Natur anbelangt / folgender massen ab affectu & à posteriori zu beweisen: Und bezeugt die Erfahrung / daß wann die Erde von dem Regen nicht befeuchtet wird / keine Saat / Kraut noch Graß wachsen kan; Gestaltsam nicht allein zu Zeiten Eliæ / sondern auch sonsten offt geschehen. Hingegen aber wissen wir gleichfalls / wie auch GOTT zu Hiob in seinem Buch am 38. Capitel sagt: Daß der Regen macht / daß Graß wächst: Das Graß gibt dem Ochsen das Fleisch / das Fleisch dem Menschen die Speiß / die Speise einen Chylum, der Chylus das Blut / das Blut den Samen; worauß wieder ein Mensch wird.

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem VI

24–25

And, in sum, the powers of the whole of nature within itself, and so forth. Just as this has been proved above a priori and theoretically, and will be further proved in the Second Part, so, as regards animal and vegetable nature, it can be shown from its effect and a posteriori in the following way. Experience testifies that if rain does not moisten the earth, no seed, herb, or grass can grow, as happened not only in Elijah’s time but often otherwise. Conversely, we know—as God also says to Job in chapter 38 of his book—that rain causes grass to grow. Grass gives flesh to the ox; flesh gives food to humankind; food yields chyle, chyle blood, and blood seed, from which a human being arises again.

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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