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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Caballi

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Caballi

Spirits celestial influences and signs · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Ghosts or astral presences associated with untimely death.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 12; facsimile PDF page 340.

Historical Definition

Caballi, or Cabales, are ghosts and astral stars of people who died before their time.

Meaning

The definition ties the beings to deceased people and specifically to death before its expected time. The astral-star description belongs to the author’s account of their form or condition. It should not be turned into an ordinary astronomical identification without considering the ghost clause.

The spelling resemblance to Cabela is a potential trap. That entry concerns a secret science and its transmission, whereas Caballi names beings related to the dead. Preserve both alternative forms here, but keep their distinct definition visible. A shared sequence of letters is not sufficient evidence of a shared technical sense.

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Cabela. A polemical account of a secret inspired wisdom and its alleged corruption.

Evestrum. A prophetic agency associated with signs preceding events.

Lemures. Aerial spirits with a reported identification as the human dead.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 12; facsimile PDF page 340 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Caballi ; compare Cabela, Evestrum, Lemures

See also. Cabela; Evestrum; Lemures

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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.

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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.