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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. 14

Teuffel hat den Sturmwind in Christi Schiffart nicht erregt — 100. ist in Gestalt eines gewaltigen Feuers herab gefahren / und hat die Schafe und Knaben Jobs verzehret — 102. thut Hindernuß in Bereitung der universal-Medicin — 170 Thau ist eine Frucht der Morgenröthe — 103. wird nicht von der Sonnen und Mond gezeuget — 104. kan universal seyn — 162 Theophrasti epitaphium — 190 Theophrastus de homunculis irret — 195 Tinctur wie sie zu bekommen — 170 V. Vapor Naturæ — 109 Verbum Dei universale & particulare, worin sie differiren — 64. est forma quæ dedit & dat esse rebus omnibus — 211 Vier Tage bedeuten die vier Hauptfarben — 169 Vitriolum non est subjectum artis Hermeticæ — 152

unnumbered register pp. 14

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Original Subject Index

unnumbered register pp. 14

The Devil did not raise the storm during Christ’s voyage — 100; descended as a mighty fire and consumed Job’s sheep and servants — 102; hinders preparation of the universal medicine — 170 Dew is a fruit of dawn — 103; is not generated by sun and moon — 104; can be universal — 162 Theophrastus’s epitaph — 190 Theophrastus errs about homunculi — 195 Tincture: how to obtain it — 170 V. Nature’s vapour — 109 God’s universal and particular Word: their difference — 64; is the form that gave and gives being to all things — 211 Four days signify the four chief colours — 169 Vitriol is not the subject of the Hermetic art — 152

unnumbered register pp. 14

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.