DiotimosReading Desk

Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · Bilingual Edition

Anonymous

Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

Explore the Lexicon
Candida Phoenix PhilosophicaPart II — Chapter 1: Nature

Swipe or use the arrow keys.

English Page · Branch 82 of 411

Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

German & Latin

62

Deromegen ich mit dem Authore der Offenbahrung Göttlicher Majestät exclamire, und sage: Gelobet sey Gott / daß sein Wort so bald ein Werck ist worden. Hingegen wiederumb billich frage: Wo bleibt nun die Heydnische Natur? Dann von Ihm / in Ihm / und durch Ihn / seynd alle Dinge / wie St. Paulus / der seine Weißheit in dem dritten Himmel studiret / und gelernet hat / (Rom. 11.) bezeuget.

62

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

62

Therefore, with the author of the Revelation of Divine Majesty, I exclaim: “Praised be God, that his Word immediately became a work.” Yet I may rightly ask: where, then, is the pagans’ nature? For all things are from him, in him and through him, as Saint Paul—who studied and learned his wisdom in the third heaven—testifies in Romans 11.

62

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.