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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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Pusta

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At a Glance

The word. Digestion qualified by the condition of its matter.

In the book. Digestio supplies the dictionary’s fuller chemical explanation: matter is worked through decoction toward a separation of pure from impure, in an analogy with the stomach’s digestion.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366.

Historical Definition

Pusta is the digestion of corrupt matter.

Meaning

The subject undergoing digestion is expressly called corrupt. The definition names a process and its material condition, without identifying a particular vessel, duration or final product.

Use in the Book

Digestio supplies the dictionary’s fuller chemical explanation: matter is worked through decoction toward a separation of pure from impure, in an analogy with the stomach’s digestion. Pusta adds the qualification that its matter is corrupt. The general process and this material condition should both remain visible.

Places to Read

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

Spagirus. The alchemical practitioner defined through discrimination and separation.

Digestio. Preparation understood through digestion and the separation of pure from impure.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Pusta; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 366; compare Sublimatio, Spagirus, Digestio

See also. Sublimatio; Spagirus; Digestio

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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.