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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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Mercurius regeneratus

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A Chymical Dictionary

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Mercurius regeneratus

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Regenerated mercury defined through its first being.

In the book. Mercurius Crudus concerns a material not separated from its ore, which is a different qualification.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 33; facsimile PDF page 361.

Historical Definition

Mercurius regeneratus is the first being of mercury.

Meaning

The definition joins renewal-language to a beginning. It does not state that the referent is simply a new batch of ordinary mercury; it directs the reader to the first being of the named subject. How a particular author relates that beginning to a prior operation must be recovered from the author’s own account.

Use in the Book

Mercurius Crudus concerns a material not separated from its ore, which is a different qualification. Mysterium magnum, meanwhile, speaks of first matter universally. The shared language of beginnings does not make these three definitions coextensive.

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Mercurius Crudus. Mercury described before separation from its mineral source.

Mysterium magnum. A universal first matter, rather than one particular prepared subject.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 33; facsimile PDF page 361 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 361, Mercurius regeneratus

See also. Mercurius Crudus; Mysterium magnum

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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.