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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem VII

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Die andere Art der Scheidung anreichend / ist oben in Prooemio gegenwärtigen Ersten Theils erwehnet worden / daß die Hermetische Kunst / eine Imitatio und Nachahmung sey / des grossen Wercks der Schöpffung. Gleichwie nun GOtt / der HErr in der Schöpffung die Elementa nicht würcklich geschieden / sondern je eines in dem andern bleiben lassen / gestaltsamb in einem jeden die übrige alle zu finden; Als welche auch allein ratione situationis, superioritatis nimirum & inferioritatis, distinguirt, keines wegs aber von einander getrennet / oder getheilet seynd. Derowegen der seel. Arnd recht sagt: Daß die gantze Natur aneinander hange: und Homerus der referent. Nuysemann. nicht weniger ein Philosophus, als ein Poet gewesen seyn soll / spricht insonderheit auch nachdencklich: Daß die Erde mit einer guldenen Kette an den Himmel gehefftet sey.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem VII

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Concerning the other kind of separation, the Proem of this First Part stated that the Hermetic art imitates and follows the great work of creation. In creation God the Lord did not actually separate the elements; he left each within the others, so that all the rest are found in each one. They are distinguished only by position—by being higher or lower—and are by no means severed or divided from one another. Hence the late Arndt rightly says that all nature is linked together. Homer too, who according to Nuysement was no less a philosopher than a poet, says with particular significance that earth is fastened to heaven by a golden chain.

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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.