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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem VII

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Drittens / wird communis opinio, fast aller im Römischen Reich passirlichen Religionen vorgeschützt &c. hingegen aber seynd die formalien des Textes selbst zuerwegen / welche der Grundsprache nach ohngefehrlich also lauten: Im Anfang schuff (oder hat geschaffen) Gott / das Gewässer / die Erde / und die Erde war öd und leer. Und es war eine Finstere ob der Gestalt der Tieffe / und der Geist Gottes schwebet ob dem Ansehen des Gewässers. Da dann erstlich wer geschaffen / und der Schöpffer seye / vermeldet wird / nemblich: Elohim: das ist GOtt der Vatter / GOtt der Sohn / und GOtt der H. Geist. Inmassen dieses Wort / Elohim, als sonderlich der pluralis (und nicht nur der dualis), des Worts Eloha, von der gantzen Christenheit dahin verstanden wird / wie es auch David bereits hiebevor in der Jüdischen Kirchen also erklärt hat / wann er im 33. Psalm gesprochen:

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem VII

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Third, appeal is made to the common opinion of almost all religions admitted within the Roman Empire. Against this, however, we must consider the actual wording of the text, which in its original language runs approximately thus: “In the beginning God created, or has created, the waters, the earth; and the earth was desolate and empty. Darkness was over the face of the deep, and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.” First, this states who created and is the Creator: namely Elohim, that is, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. For the whole of Christendom understands Elohim—the plural, and not merely the dual, of Eloha—in this sense. David already explained it thus in the Jewish church when he said in Psalm 33:

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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.