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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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Sol in homine

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Sol in homine

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At a Glance

The word. An inward solar fire related to the celestial sun.

In the book. This is a cosmological account of life.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition pages 42, 43; facsimile PDF pages 370, 371.

Historical Definition

Sol in homine is the invisible fire flowing from the celestial sun, preserving and nourishing the natural fire in a human being.

Meaning

The expression distinguishes a celestial source from an invisible fire in a person. The relation between them is described through flowing, preservation and nourishment. Natural fire is already present in the human being and is sustained by the solar influence.

Use in the Book

This is a cosmological account of life. It does not say that visible sunlight and ordinary flame are identical substances. The modifiers celestial, invisible and natural carry the distinctions within the sentence.

Compare Spiritus Animalis, which relates a power of the soul to the heavens, and Soladini, spirits dwelling in invisible fire. The recurrence of heavenly and invisible language makes comparison useful, but each entry assigns a different relation: nourishment, likeness or dwelling.

Places to Read

Soladini. Corporeal spirits whose dwelling is invisible fire.

Spiritus Animalis. A power of the soul described through likeness to the heavens.

Vulcanus. A name directly equated with fire.

In This Edition

The English phrase solar fire can orient the reader, while the full historical headword remains available for searching. The explanation preserves the text’s account of influence without converting it into a modern account of bodily energy.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition pages 42, 43; facsimile PDF pages 370, 371 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Sol in homine; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 370, 371; compare Soladini, Spiritus Animalis, Vulcanus

See also. Soladini; Spiritus Animalis; Vulcanus

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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.