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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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Als verhoffe / ich werde sothaner insimulation überhaben bleiben. In abermahliger consideration / nachfolgende Deduction zu meinem Vorhaben / und desto besserer Erkanntnuß der Materiæ lapidis, gleichfalls nicht wenig dienlich ist. Worzu mich dann auch vornemblich dieses bewogen / daß ich / seither gegenwärtige Frag in meinem Ersten von dem Regenwasser geschriebenen Tractätlein abgehandelt / in dieser Kunst und in praxi, sonder Ruhm zu melden / dergestalt zugenommen / daß ich dem Allerhöchsten darvor nicht gnugsamb Danck zu sagen weiß / und demnach im Werck erfahren / was von Ihr Hochfürstl. Durchl. Herrn / Herrn Hertzog Ernsten zu Sachsen Gotha &c. hochseel. auß dero Hochfürstl. Mund / ich hiebevor unwürdig unterthänigst vernommen: Wann man zuvorderst Gottes Ehre sucht / so gibt derselbe auch Weißheit und Verstand zu andern Sachen.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem VII

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I therefore hope to remain free of that accusation. The ensuing argument also serves my purpose and a better knowledge of the matter of the Stone in no small measure. What chiefly moved me was this: since treating the present question in my first little tract on rainwater, I have advanced so far in this art and its practice—to say it without boasting—that I cannot sufficiently thank the Most High. I have thus experienced in the work what I formerly heard, in my unworthiness and humble submission, from the own princely lips of His Highness the late Duke Ernst of Saxe-Gotha: “When one seeks God’s honour first, he also grants wisdom and understanding in other matters.”

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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.