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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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Exaltatio

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At a Glance

The word. An operation defined through subtilisation.

In the book. Elevation has essentially the same short explanation.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 21; facsimile PDF page 349.

Historical Definition

Exaltatio is the subtilising of a thing.

Meaning

The definition describes a change in a subject’s condition while leaving the subject open. It gives no apparatus, material or number of treatments. “Subtilising” is retained because replacing it with a particular physical operation would narrow the source without evidence.

Use in the Book

Elevation has essentially the same short explanation. Sublimatio instead describes dry matter forced upward by heat. These related terms help a reader recognise a family of operational language while preserving the more specific features stated under a particular heading.

Places to Read

Elevation. An operation defined as subtilising a subject.

Sublimatio. An operation defined by the upward movement of heated dry matter.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 21; facsimile PDF page 349 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Exaltatio

See also. Elevation; Sublimatio

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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.