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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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Operimethiolim

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Operimethiolim

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A mineral spirit name.

In the book. Compare Spara and Truphat for mineral virtues defined through origin or appointed purpose.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 36; facsimile PDF page 364.

Historical Definition

Operimethiolim is the spirit of minerals.

Meaning

The gloss identifies the headword through a spirit belonging to minerals. It does not name a single mineral, specify a preparation or establish that spirit means a wholly immaterial being.

Use in the Book

Compare Spara and Truphat for mineral virtues defined through origin or appointed purpose. Their language of power provides a reading route, while the present spirit relation remains distinct.

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Spara. A mineral power related to the first being of metals.

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

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 36; facsimile PDF page 364 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Operimethiolim; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 364; compare Spara, Truphat

See also. Spara; Truphat

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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.

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.