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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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Telon

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At a Glance

The word. A fire appearance described by comparison with a dart.

In the book. Compare Similitudines for celestial appearances and Trarames for actions perceived through hearing.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 44; facsimile PDF page 372.

Historical Definition

Telon is, as it were, a dart of fire.

Meaning

As it were marks a comparison. The definition evokes a dart-like fire without specifying its size, duration or origin. The figurative qualification should not be removed by translating the gloss as a literal weapon.

Use in the Book

Compare Similitudines for celestial appearances and Trarames for actions perceived through hearing. The dictionary can identify phenomena by the manner in which they appear to an observer.

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Similitudines. Appearances described as celestial.

Trarames. Spiritual actions identified through sound without visible appearance.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 44; facsimile PDF page 372 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Telon; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 372; compare Similitudines, Trarames

See also. Similitudines; Trarames

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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.