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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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German & Latin

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Wie ingleichem der H. Geist / im ersten Buch Moysis am ersten Capitel solches ebenmäßig klar und außführlich auffzeichnen und beschreiben lassen; und zwar so viel die particular-Naturen / als nemblich des Lichts / der Feste / der Astrorum, Item der Animalien und Vegetabilien anbelangt / sagt der Text außtrücklich also:

Und GOTT sprach: Es werde Licht / und es ward Licht. Und GOtt sprach: Es werde eine Feste zwischen den Wassern &c. und es geschah also. Und GOtt sprach: Es lasse die Erde auffgehen Kraut und Graß &c. und es geschah also. Und Gott sprach: Es werden Lichter an der Feste des Himmels &c. und es geschah also. Und Gott sprach: Es errege sich das Wasser mit webenden / und lebendigen Thieren / und mit Gevögel &c. Und GOtt sprach: Es bringe die Erde herfür lebendige Thier / ein jegliches nach seiner Art &c. Und es geschah also.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

61–62

The Holy Spirit likewise caused this to be recorded clearly and fully in the first chapter of the first book of Moses. Concerning the particular natures—light, the firmament, the heavenly bodies, animals and plants—the text expressly says:

“And God said: Let there be light, and there was light. And God said: Let there be a firmament between the waters, and so forth; and it was so. And God said: Let the earth bring forth herbs and grass, and so forth; and it was so. And God said: Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven, and so forth; and it was so. And God said: Let the water teem with moving, living creatures, and with birds, and so forth. And God said: Let the earth bring forth living creatures, each according to its kind, and so forth; and it was so.”

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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.

About Diotimos Editions

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.