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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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At a Glance

The word. Stone as a general designation of fixity.

In the book. Lapis Philosophorum is a particular exalted term, defined through terrestrial power and tincture.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 29; facsimile PDF page 357.

Historical Definition

Lapis is used for any fixed thing.

Meaning

The defining property is fixity, not geological origin. A substance may be called lapis because it remains fixed within the relevant work. The word therefore cannot always be understood as an ordinary stone picked up from the ground.

Use in the Book

Lapis Philosophorum is a particular exalted term, defined through terrestrial power and tincture. The general Lapis entry should be read before that compound, but it does not make every fixed thing the philosophers’ stone.

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Lapis Philosophorum. The philosophers’ stone defined through supreme terrestrial power and its imparting of tincture.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 29; facsimile PDF page 357 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 357, Lapis

See also. Lapis Philosophorum

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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.

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.