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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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Orizonæternitatis

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Orizonæternitatis

Spirits celestial influences and signs · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A power of things qualified as beyond the celestial order.

In the book. Seraphin likewise receives a description through heavenly power, but adds an assembly of angels.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 36; facsimile PDF page 364.

Historical Definition

Orizonæternitatis is the supercelestial virtue of things.

Meaning

Virtue is used in the sense of power or efficacy. Supercelestial is part of the source’s qualification and marks a level beyond what is described simply as celestial. The sentence does not specify a particular material bearer.

Use in the Book

Seraphin likewise receives a description through heavenly power, but adds an assembly of angels. The present entry concerns the virtue of things without giving that more particular identification.

Places to Read

Seraphin. A heavenly power and, particularly, the assembly of angels.

Truphat. A hidden mineral power understood through its appointed end.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 36; facsimile PDF page 364 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Orizonæternitatis; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 364; compare Seraphin, Truphat

See also. Seraphin; Truphat

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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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