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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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Durdales

Spirits celestial influences and signs · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Tree-dwelling spirits described as corporeal.

In the book. Dienez inhabit hard stones; Terrelati are corporeal spirits living in the earth.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 20; facsimile PDF page 348.

Historical Definition

Durdales are corporeal spirits inhabiting trees.

Meaning

The definition combines a kind of being with a habitat. The adjective corporeal belongs to the historical account and should not disappear merely because “spirit” may suggest its opposite to a modern reader. The entry does not describe their appearance or activity.

Use in the Book

Dienez inhabit hard stones; Terrelati are corporeal spirits living in the earth. Sylvestres introduces airy spirits or woodmen. These comparisons help distinguish several kinds of inhabitants rather than treating every nature-spirit term as interchangeable. Durdales specifically belongs to trees.

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Dienez. Spirits classified by their dwelling among hard stones.

Sylvestres. Names with airy-spirit and gigantic woodland senses.

Terrelati. Bodily spirits associated with residence in earth.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 20; facsimile PDF page 348 — Facsimile

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

See also. Dienez; Sylvestres; Terrelati

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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.