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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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Nenufareni

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A Chymical Dictionary

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Nenufareni

Spirits celestial influences and signs · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Spirits identified by their aerial dwelling.

In the book. Lemures are also assigned to air, but receive an additional report about the pagan identification of them with departed human beings.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 35; facsimile PDF page 363.

Historical Definition

Nenufareni are spirits dwelling in the air.

Meaning

The element or dwelling-place is the whole distinction supplied. The entry gives no account of their appearance, origin or relation to an individual human being.

Use in the Book

Lemures are also assigned to air, but receive an additional report about the pagan identification of them with departed human beings. Nymphæ and Penates supply watery and fiery comparisons. Nenufareni should not automatically acquire every feature mentioned in those fuller definitions.

Places to Read

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

Nymphæ. Embodied spirits or spiritual persons associated with water.

Penates. Fire-element spirits described as familiars.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 35; facsimile PDF page 363 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 363, Nenufareni

See also. Lemures; Nymphæ; Penates

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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.