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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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A Chymical Dictionary

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Vndæ

Spirits celestial influences and signs · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Spirit names given both airy and earthy qualifications.

In the book. Terrelati is explicitly described as corporeal spirits living in earth; Sylvestres includes airy men and spirits.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 47; facsimile PDF page 375.

Historical Definition

Vndæ or Vndenæ are airy and earthy spirits.

Meaning

The historical sentence joins the two qualities. It should not be silently regularised to a dwelling in water merely because a reader associates a similar name with water in another system.

Use in the Book

Terrelati is explicitly described as corporeal spirits living in earth; Sylvestres includes airy men and spirits. The present entry’s own paired qualities remain distinct from those fuller descriptions.

Places to Read

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

Terrelati. Bodily spirits associated with residence in earth.

In This Edition

The V forms are retained, with U forms available as editorial search variants. Both named forms lead to the same article.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 47; facsimile PDF page 375 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Vndæ; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 375; compare Sylvestres, Terrelati

See also. 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.