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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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Gamahei

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Gamahei

Spirits celestial influences and signs · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Images attributed to an influence beyond the celestial.

In the book. Gamathei specifically names stones bearing celestial virtues, characters and images.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 23; facsimile PDF page 351.

Historical Definition

Gamahei are images impressed by a supercelestial influence.

Meaning

The definition identifies images through an attributed source of impression. It does not say what material bears them, how the influence acts, or what each image signifies. The term belongs to the dictionary’s account of impressions and powers, rather than to a description of one artistic technique.

Use in the Book

Gamathei specifically names stones bearing celestial virtues, characters and images. Imagines describes metallic figures in which celestial powers operate. These parallels establish related vocabulary while preserving different subjects and qualifications. The brief Gamahei gloss should not silently inherit every feature of either longer description.

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Gamathei. Stones bearing signs and images associated with celestial powers.

Imagines. Metallic images treated as subjects of celestial efficacy.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 23; facsimile PDF page 351 — Facsimile

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

See also. Gamathei; Imagines

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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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