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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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Reading Route Through Heavens and Inward Powers

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A Chymical Dictionary

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Reading Route Through Heavens and Inward Powers

Read Sol in homine, Spiritus Animalis and Scaiolæ. The articles relate inward life to the wider order through nourishment, likeness and elemental number. These relations are connected but distinct.

For a fuller account of natural agency, read Archeius beside Arcanum and Astrum. Distinguish a dispenser of Nature, a hidden virtue in natural things, and a power said to be acquired through preparation. Their shared vocabulary of spirit and virtue does not cancel those different roles.

Continue with Somnia, Similitudines and Turba magna. Distinguish an operation during sleep, an appearance and a presage. Then compare Trarames and Visio for auditory and visible descriptions of spiritual actions.

Discussion questions. Which verbs explain the relation between the heavens and a person? What is seen, heard or inferred in each account? When does the dictionary describe a being and when a power? Which aspects of the account remain unspecified?

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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.