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Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · English Edition

Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Similitudines

Spirits celestial influences and signs · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Appearances described as celestial.

In the book. Compare Visio, defined as a supernatural apparition of spirits seen by people.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 42; facsimile PDF page 370.

Historical Definition

Similitudines are called celestial appearances.

Meaning

The dictionary applies the plural name to appearances belonging to the heavens. It does not say whether every such appearance is a spirit, a sign, or a material effect.

Use in the Book

Compare Visio, defined as a supernatural apparition of spirits seen by people. Both entries concern appearance, but the latter specifies spirits and a human observer in a way this short gloss does not.

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Visio. A visible apparition described as supernatural and spiritual.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 42; facsimile PDF page 370 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Similitudines; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 370; compare Visio

See also. Visio

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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.

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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.