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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Candida Phoenix PhilosophicaPart I — Theorem VII

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Part I — Theorem VII

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Deßgleichen so ist Er in denen Animalien animalisch / in denen Vegetabilien vegetabilisch / und in denen Mineralien mineralisch. Inmassen / und ob er wol an sich selbst ein durchauß gleichförmiger Geist / auch solch sein gleichförmig Wesen jederzeit behält / derselbe jedoch darbenebenst aller Art / Kräfften / Würckung- und Eigenschafften fähig: Und dieser ist der / von denen Philosophen also genannte Spiritus Mundi, die materia universalis &c. Welcher aber / wie sie ebenfalls recht schreiben / in seiner nuda & simplici spirituali forma nicht zu bekommen; Gleichwohl von GOtt dem Allmächtigen nach seiner unerforschlichen Weißheit / in alle sichtig- und begreiffliche Creaturen eingeschlossen / also darinn zu finden / und darauß zu einer universal-Medicin zu ziehen.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem VII

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Likewise, it is animal in animals, vegetable in plants, and mineral in minerals. Although in itself it is an entirely uniform spirit and always retains that uniform being, it is nevertheless capable of every kind of power, operation, and property. This is what the philosophers call the Spiritus Mundi, the spirit of the world, universal matter, and so forth. Yet, as they also rightly write, it cannot be obtained in its bare and simple spiritual form. Almighty God, in his inscrutable wisdom, has nevertheless enclosed it in all visible and tangible creatures; it can therefore be found within them and drawn from them for a universal medicine.

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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.