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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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Thisma

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A name for mineral veins.

In the book. Compare Virgulta fossorum, rods used by miners to discover mines.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373.

Historical Definition

Thisma is mineral veins.

Meaning

The plural equivalent points to formations or places in which mineral matter occurs, rather than directly naming a finished metal or a preparation.

Use in the Book

Compare Virgulta fossorum, rods used by miners to discover mines. Together the entries give access to the vocabulary of mineral places and the practices historically associated with finding them.

Places to Read

Tracksat. Metal considered before removal from its natural mine.

Virgulta fossorum. Rods associated with the historical search for mines.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Thisma; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 373; compare Tracksat, Virgulta fossorum

See also. Tracksat; Virgulta fossorum

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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.