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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem VII

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Dannenhero / und weiln hierauß sattsam und überflüssig erhellet / daß Gott der H. Geist durch das Wort: Elohim: als ein Schöpffer mit bemerckt / und dargegen dieser Geist under denen specificirten Geschöpffen / gleichfalls erzehlter massen außtrücklich benahmset; Zu deme / wie ebenmässig erwehnt / nichts anders / weder daß Er auff dem Wasser geschwebt / und nicht daß Er etwas geschaffen / oder vollkommen gemacht habe / von ihme prædicirt wird; So folgt abermahl unwidersprechlich / daß Er ein erschaffener / und nicht Gott der H. Geist seye. Sintemahln und was zum Ersten das Wörtlein Ruah anbetrifft / dardurch jederzeit in H. Schrifft der Wind und Lufft (wie ich so wohl bey einem und andern guten Authore, gefunden / als auch durch andere gelehrte Leuthe / und nicht weniger Hebræer, mich dessen / und was mir sonsten zu dieser profession von der Hebræischen Sprach nöthig / belehren lassen: Dann ich gern bekenne / daß ich derselben und anderer Orientalischen Sprachen wenig kundig bin) beschrieben wird.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem VII

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Since it is thus abundantly clear that Elohim includes God the Holy Spirit as Creator, whereas this spirit is expressly named among the specified creatures; and since, as already said, nothing is predicated of it except that it hovered upon the water, rather than created or perfected anything, it follows once again beyond contradiction that it is created and is not God the Holy Spirit. For, first, the word Ruah always describes wind and air in Holy Scripture. I have found this in various good authors and have been instructed by other learned people, including Hebrews, concerning it and whatever knowledge of Hebrew my profession otherwise requires. For I freely confess that I know little of that language or the other Oriental languages.

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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.