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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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A Chymical Dictionary

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Malek

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. An alternative name for salt.

In the book. The dictionary also provides many qualified salt-names, including Sal crystallinum and Sal congelatum.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 32; facsimile PDF page 360.

Historical Definition

Malek is salt.

Meaning

The entry supplies no qualifying source or preparation. A reader encountering Malek should first recognise salt, then use the surrounding passage to determine whether a particular salt is intended.

Use in the Book

The dictionary also provides many qualified salt-names, including Sal crystallinum and Sal congelatum. Their further specifications should not be silently imported into this plain equivalent.

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Sal crystallinum. A salt preparation identified by its human source.

Sal congelatum. A salt named through its occurrence in baths.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 32; facsimile PDF page 360 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 360, Malek

See also. Sal crystallinum; Sal congelatum

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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.

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.