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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Candida Phoenix PhilosophicaPart II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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German & Latin

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Aller maßen und daß nochmahl / an sich selbst keine Natur (Natura naturata inquam) seye / die etwas würcket / eben dieser in dem dritten Himmel underrichtete Philosophus & verus Sophus bestättiget / wann Er Ephes. 1. schreibet: Christus erfüllet alles in allem. Wie er auch (1. Corinth. 12.) spricht: Es seynd mancherley Kräffte / aber es ist ein Gott der da würcket alles in allen.

Welcher einig und allein ist / der æternus motor, das rechte principium motus & quietis in omnibus rebus naturalibus &c. In gleichmäßiger Erwegung / mehrerwehnter unverwerffliche Author Actor. 17. abermahl sagt: In ihm leben / weben / und sind wir.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

62–63

That no nature acts of itself—I mean nature as created—is again confirmed by this philosopher and true sage instructed in the third heaven. In Ephesians 1 he writes: “Christ fills all in all.” He also says in 1 Corinthians 12: “There are different powers, but one God works everything in everyone.”

He alone is the eternal mover, the true principle of motion and rest in all natural things. To the same effect, the irreproachable authority already mentioned says again in Acts 17: “In him we live and move and have our being.”

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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.