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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Gestaltsamb / und gleich wie der Spruch St. Joannis: Im Anfang war das Wort / und das Wort war bey Gott / und Gott war das Wort / dasselbige war im Anfang bey Gott. Alle Ding sind durch dasselbige gemacht / und ohne dasselbig ist nichts gemacht / was gemacht ist &c. waar und beständig bleibt / und demnach λόγος ὑποστατικὸς (dictum verbum Dei universale) & λόγος προφορικὸς, (verbum Dei particulare, in opere creationis pronuntiatum) anders nicht differiren / weder daß durch jenes primariò beedes die universal- und particular-Naturen / durch dieses aber secundariò und zwar allein die particular-Naturen geschaffen.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

63–64

Saint John’s saying remains true and firm: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made through it, and without it nothing was made that has been made,” and so forth. Accordingly, the substantial Logos, called God’s universal Word, and the uttered Logos, God’s particular Word pronounced in the work of creation, differ only in this: through the former both universal and particular natures were created primarily; through the latter, particular natures alone were created secondarily.

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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.