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Syphita stricta
Spirits celestial influences and signs · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A spirit associated with sleepwalking.
In the book. Syphita prava has a different disease-name gloss, while Somnia concerns stellar operations during sleep.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 44; facsimile PDF page 372.
Historical Definition
Syphita stricta is a fantastic spirit of those who walk in their sleep.
Meaning
The definition gives a kind of spirit and associates it with sleepers who walk. Fantastic belongs to the historical explanation of appearances and imagination; it is not a clinical classification.
Use in the Book
Syphita prava has a different disease-name gloss, while Somnia concerns stellar operations during sleep. These comparisons preserve the dictionary’s several ways of explaining nocturnal and bodily phenomena.
Places to Read
Somnia. Dreams explained through stellar operations in the sleeper.
Succubus. A night spirit associated with a deceptive sexual encounter.
Syphita prava. A historical disease name equated with St Vitus’s dance.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 44; facsimile PDF page 372 — Facsimile
See also. Somnia; Succubus; Syphita prava