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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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Dienez

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A Chymical Dictionary

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Dienez

Spirits celestial influences and signs · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Spirits classified by their dwelling among hard stones.

In the book. Durdales inhabit trees; Terrelati live in the earth.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 19; facsimile PDF page 347.

Historical Definition

Dienez are spirits that dwell among hard stones.

Meaning

Place supplies the distinction. The spirits are situated among hard stones, without a separate account of their form, activity or relation to a particular stone. The entry belongs to the dictionary’s classification of inhabitants and powers within the natural world.

Use in the Book

Durdales inhabit trees; Terrelati live in the earth. These comparisons show how dwelling places organise several spirit names. They should not be collapsed into a single class merely because all appear in a chymical dictionary. Dienez has its own stated environment.

Places to Read

Durdales. Tree-dwelling spirits described as corporeal.

Terrelati. Bodily spirits associated with residence in earth.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 19; facsimile PDF page 347 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Dienez

See also. Durdales; Terrelati

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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.