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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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Spara

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At a Glance

The word. A mineral power related to the first being of metals.

In the book. Compare Stannar, where an occult fume is called the mother of metals.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 43; facsimile PDF page 371.

Historical Definition

Spara is the mineral virtue from the first being of metals.

Meaning

Virtue names efficacy or active power. The definition relates that power to an originating condition, the first being of metals, rather than naming a finished metal or an ordinary mine.

Use in the Book

Compare Stannar, where an occult fume is called the mother of metals. Both entries use a language of origin; their different terms and relations should remain visible.

Places to Read

Stannar. An occult fume described as the mother of metals.

Truphat. A hidden mineral power understood through its appointed end.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 43; facsimile PDF page 371 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Spara; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 371; compare Stannar, Truphat

See also. Stannar; Truphat

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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.