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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Glossary

p. 409

The proposed generative subterranean vapour in accounts of metals and stones. Chapter Four connects it with mining expressions such as Einwitterung, Bergschwaden and Metallferch. The author reviews competing descriptions and treats the precise natural process as conjectural.

Passages: II.109.2; II.110.1; II.113.1.

Wet and dry ways

Via humida; via sicca

Distinguished modes of working within the Hermetic undertaking. Chapter Six identifies earlier discussions as indications concerning the two ways, and the conclusion says that the wet way is best applied to rainwater. The book supplies principles and general operations while withholding a fully specified sequence of manipulations.

Passages: II.121.1; II.236.1; II.243.1.

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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.