DiotimosReading Desk

Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · English Edition

Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

Explore the Lexicon
A Chymical DictionaryStannar

Swipe or use the arrow keys.

English Edition · Branch 53 of 740

Stannar

Book Mode

A Chymical Dictionary

p. 53

Stannar

Elements principles and the natural world · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. An occult fume described as the mother of metals.

In the book. Spara similarly refers mineral virtue to the first being of metals.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 43; facsimile PDF page 371.

Historical Definition

Stannar is called the mother of metals, an occult fume out of which elements are generated.

Meaning

The definition supplies two connected descriptions: a generative title and a hidden fume. Its account of origin extends to elements generated from that fume. The phrase should remain intact even if its sequence differs from what a reader expects from other elemental accounts.

Use in the Book

Spara similarly refers mineral virtue to the first being of metals. The comparison helps locate the language of origin, while preserving the present entry’s distinctive fume and mother imagery.

Places to Read

Spara. A mineral power related to the first being of metals.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 43; facsimile PDF page 371 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Stannar; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 371; compare Spara

See also. Spara

53

About This Reading Edition

The complete 706 historical definitions of the 1650 English dictionary, modernised and accompanied by expanded Diotimos commentary, reading routes, 15 textual notes and complete linked indexes.

Historical Text

A Chymicall Dictionary, London 1650, English version associated with John French, based on Gerhard Dorn’s Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi. The containing volume also prints Sendivogius and Paracelsus; neither neighboring work changes this dictionary’s attribution.

About This Edition

Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

Rights

The historical 1650 English text is in the public domain. New introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and published with the site owner’s authorization.