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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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Sagani

Spirits celestial influences and signs · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A collective name for elemental spirits.

In the book. The more particular entries supply names and dwellings: Salamandri belong to fire and Terrelati to earth.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 41; facsimile PDF page 369.

Historical Definition

Sagani are spirits of the four elements.

Meaning

The definition groups spirits according to the four elements. It does not name an additional fifth element or specify whether each spirit belongs to one element or shares them all.

Use in the Book

The more particular entries supply names and dwellings: Salamandri belong to fire and Terrelati to earth. Such comparisons help the reader navigate the vocabulary without turning every neighboring spirit name into a synonym.

Places to Read

Quintum esse cujuslibet Elementi per se solum. A living being said to arise from one element by itself.

Salamandri. Spirits or fiery men associated with residence in fire.

Terrelati. Bodily spirits associated with residence in earth.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 41; facsimile PDF page 369 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Sagani; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 369; compare Quintum esse cujuslibet Elementi per se solum, Salamandri, Terrelati, Vndæ

See also. Quintum esse cujuslibet Elementi per se solum; Salamandri; Terrelati; Vndæ

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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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