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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem VII

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Daß die (sonsten also genannte) Causa efficiens dieser universal-Medicin, eben der jenige grosse Geist seye / davon an offt allegirten Ort (Gen. cap.1.) der Text meldet: Und der Geist Gottes schwebet auff dem Wasser.

Nemblichen der H. Lufft / in deme alle lebendig- und wachsende Dinge sich regen und bewegen / der auch alle wesentliche Stücke stets durchdringt / und in demselben die Kunstgänge macht / damit die Grundfeuchtigkeit hinnach fliessen / und allen lebendig- und wachsenden Dingen / die Speiß und Nahrung in ihre Glieder einführen möge: Gestalten Er alle Dinge erfrischt / erquickt und bey dem Leben erhält / und jedes auff sein Ziel fördert; wie auch ohne denselben sich nichts in der Welt regen oder bewegen / noch ichtwas das Leben haben kan / sondern alle andere Elementa selbst vergehen / das Feuer nicht bestehen / die Erde zerfallen / und das Wasser erstarren / wann sie solches Geistes entbehren müsten.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem VII

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That the so-called efficient cause of this universal medicine is the very great spirit of which Genesis 1 says: “And the Spirit of God hovered upon the water.”

Namely, the holy air, in which all living and growing things stir and move. It continually penetrates all their substantial parts and makes channels within them, so that radical moisture may flow after it and convey food and nourishment into the members of all living and growing things. It refreshes, revives, and preserves everything in life, and advances each thing toward its appointed end. Without it nothing in the world can stir or move or possess life; indeed, the other elements themselves would perish: fire could not endure, earth would fall apart, and water would congeal if they were deprived of this spirit.

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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.

Rights

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.