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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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Filum arsenicale

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At a Glance

The word. Another name for the Philosophers’ Stone.

In the book. Filius unius Diei is also referred directly to the Stone.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 22; facsimile PDF page 350.

Historical Definition

Filum arsenicale is the Philosophers’ Stone.

Meaning

The compiler gives a direct identification and no further account of the headword’s relation to arsenic or a particular preparation. Its resemblance to other material language should not be used to create an ingredient list that the definition does not supply.

Use in the Book

Filius unius Diei is also referred directly to the Stone. Lapis Philosophorum gives the fuller description of a terrestrial virtue producing tincture. These links help recognise the same named goal across several expressions, while the reasons for a particular expression must come from the author using it.

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Filius unius Diei. An alternative name for the Philosophers’ Stone.

Lapis Philosophorum. The philosophers’ stone defined through supreme terrestrial power and its imparting of tincture.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 22; facsimile PDF page 350 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Filum arsenicale

See also. Filius unius Diei; Lapis Philosophorum

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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.